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.
Shoplifters
2018
7.8/10
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
1952
7.5/10
The Ballad of Narayama
1958
7.5/10
Nobody Knows
2004
8.0/10
The End of Summer
1961
7.5/10
An Autumn Afternoon
1962
7.9/10
Rhapsody in August
1991
7.1/10
Tokyo Story
1953
8.1/10
Museum
2016
6.7/10
After the Storm
2016
7.2/10
Yojimbo
1961
8.1/10
Our Little Sister
2015
7.6/10
Late Spring
1949
8.0/10
Repast
1951
7.6/10
The Ballad of Narayama
1983
7.5/10
Brother
2000
7.1/10
Profound Desires of the Gods
1968
7.4/10
Ran
1985
8.0/10
From Up on Poppy Hill
2011
7.5/10
Harakiri
1962
8.5/10
The Erection of Toribio Bardelli
2023
5.6/10
