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The Ceremony (1971)

Overview

Drama

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.

Flag of JPJPJapanese
Content warning
dysfunctional familypost war japanromantic rivalrysuicide by poisonpatriarchytraditional familyancestral traditionsjapanese traditioncousins in lovefamily rivalry+1 more
Nagisa Ōshima

Director

Nagisa Ōshima

ReleasedMay 18, 1971
Runtime2h 3m
StatusReleased
Art Theatre Guild
Sozosha

Top Cast

Kenzō Kawarasaki

Kenzō Kawarasaki

Sakurada Masuo

Atsuo Nakamura

Atsuo Nakamura

Tachibana Terumichi

Nobuko Otowa

Nobuko Otowa

Sakurada Shizu

Hōsei Komatsu

Hōsei Komatsu

Sakurada Isamu

Rokkō Toura

Rokkō Toura

Sakurada Mamoru

Fumio Watanabe

Fumio Watanabe

Susumu

Shizue Kawarazaki

Shizue Kawarazaki

Sakurada Tomiko

Chisako Hara

Chisako Hara

Isamu's flower girl

Eitarō Ozawa

Eitarō Ozawa

Tachibana Takeyo

Taiji Tonoyama

Taiji Tonoyama

Old Chief

Akiko Koyama

Akiko Koyama

Setsuko

Kei Satō

Kei Satō

Sakurada Kazuomi, Grandfather

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