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Synopsis
Oshima’s magisterial epic, centering on the ambivalent surviving heir of the Sakurada clan, uses ritual and the microcosm of the traditional family to trace the rise and fall of militaristic Japan across several decades.
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Japan · Japanese New Wave
Films with Similar Themes
dysfunctional family · patriarchy · ancestral traditions · dying traditions · post war japan
