Overview

In a military family, an illegitimate son is brutalized by his brothers. A patriarchal, feudalistic household where dissent is forbidden is used to reveal the whole imperialist system that afflicted Japan between 1921 and 1946. Winner of the Crystal Globe at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival.

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Cast

Kinuyo Tanaka

Rentaro Mikuni

Katsuo Nakamura

Hizuru Takachiho

Kōji Nanbara

Chōko Iida

Hiroshi Kondō

Shouichi Nishida

Tomo'o Nagai

Ton Shimada