1971/05/18
Speech duration
1h 4minWord count7,749
Unique words1,849
Words (1-occurrence)1,122
Unique kanji809
Kanji (1-occurrence)286
Speech speed
296 Difficulty Hard
External Rating
67 %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.
