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
7.6/10
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
1952
7.6/10
Shoplifters
2018
7.8/10
Late Spring
1949
8.0/10
An Autumn Afternoon
1962
7.9/10
Early Summer
1951
7.9/10
Museum
2016
6.6/10
Nobody Knows
2004
8.0/10
Rhapsody in August
1991
7.2/10
The End of Summer
1961
7.5/10
Tokyo Story
1953
8.1/10
After the Storm
2016
7.2/10
Yojimbo
1961
8.1/10
Profound Desires of the Gods
1968
7.4/10
The Ballad of Narayama
1983
7.5/10
Our Little Sister
2015
7.6/10
Brother
2000
7.1/10
Grave of the Fireflies
2005
7.9/10
Ran
1985
8.0/10
Maborosi
1995
7.5/10
Exuvia
2024
8/10
