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.

The Karate Kid Part II
1986
6.3/10

The Ballad of Narayama
1958
7.5/10

Shoplifters
2018
7.8/10

Equinox Flower
1958
7.4/10

An Autumn Afternoon
1962
7.9/10

The Taste of Tea
2004
7.5/10

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
1952
7.5/10

Nobody Knows
2004
8.0/10

A Man
2022
7.1/10

Rhapsody in August
1991
7.1/10

Museum
2016
6.6/10

The Makioka Sisters
1983
7.4/10

Memoirs of a Geisha
2005
7.6/10

Profound Desires of the Gods
1968
7.3/10

The End of Summer
1961
7.5/10

Tokyo Story
1953
8.2/10

Death at a Funeral
2007
6.9/10

The Farewell
2019
7.4/10

Empire of Passion
1978
6.8/10

Early Summer
1951
7.8/10
The Royal Tenenbaums
2001
7.459/10