Atsuko Kaku

The Ceremony (1971)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nagisa Ōshima
CAST:  Kenzō Kawarasaki  •  Atsuko Kaku  •  Nobuko Otowa  •  Kei Satō

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nagisa Ōshima
CAST:  Kenzō Kawarasaki  •  Atsuko Kaku  •  Nobuko Otowa  •  Kei Satō

Time Within Memory (1973)

Minoru visits his home on Okinoerabu island for the first time in thirty years. Seeing the old man who used to be in love with his mother, Minoru recalls the old days spent on the island with his young, beautiful mother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tōichirō Narushima
CAST:  Takahiro Tamura  •  Atsuko Kaku  •  Hisano Yamaoka  •  Rokkō Toura

Minoru visits his home on Okinoerabu island for the first time in thirty years. Seeing the old man who used to be in love with his mother, Minoru recalls the old days spent on the island with his young, beautiful mother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tōichirō Narushima
CAST:  Takahiro Tamura  •  Atsuko Kaku  •  Hisano Yamaoka  •  Rokkō Toura