The Ceremony

May 18, 1971

2h 3m

★ 7.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Sozosha

Art Theatre Guild

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Cast

Sakurada Masuo

Kenzō Kawarasaki

Sakurada Ritsuko

Atsuko Kaku

Tachibana Terumichi

Atsuo Nakamura

Sakurada Shizu

Nobuko Otowa

Sakurada Isamu

Hōsei Komatsu

Sakurada Mamoru

Rokkō Toura

Susumu

Fumio Watanabe

Sakurada Tomiko

Shizue Kawarazaki

Isamu's flower girl

Chisako Hara

Sakurada Kiku

Maki Takayama

Sakurada Chiyo

Sue Mitobe

Tachibana Takeyo

Eitarō Ozawa

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