The Makioka Sisters (1983)

Internationally acclaimed filmmaker Kon Ichikawa's epic is set in the 1930's and centers on four privileged sisters from Osaka, Japan, whose war-torn, enmeshed lives intersect as they seek both traditional and modern marriages. Based on Junichiro Tanizaki's novel of the same name, Ichikawa's tale, which unfolds against a lavish background of wealth and cultural customs.