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 Ballad of Narayama
1958
7.5/10
Shoplifters
2018
7.8/10
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
1952
7.5/10
Early Summer
1951
7.9/10
An Autumn Afternoon
1962
7.9/10
Nobody Knows
2004
8.0/10
A Man
2022
7.1/10
Museum
2016
6.7/10
Rhapsody in August
1991
7.2/10
The End of Summer
1961
7.5/10
Profound Desires of the Gods
1968
7.4/10
Tokyo Story
1953
8.2/10
The Insect Woman
1963
7.2/10
After the Storm
2016
7.2/10
The 47 Ronin
1941
6.9/10
Repast
1951
7.5/10
Our Little Sister
2015
7.6/10
Late Spring
1949
8.0/10
From Up on Poppy Hill
2011
7.5/10
Suzaku
1997
7.3/10
The Pipe
2025
0/10
