May 18, 1971
123 min
Full-HD

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.

Category

Drama

Country

Japan

Companies

Sozosha Art Theatre Guild

Kenzō Kawarasaki

Sakurada Masuo

Atsuko Kaku

Sakurada Ritsuko

Atsuo Nakamura

Tachibana Terumichi

Nobuko Otowa

Sakurada Shizu

Hōsei Komatsu

Sakurada Isamu

Rokkō Toura

Sakurada Mamoru

Fumio Watanabe

Susumu

Shizue Kawarazaki

Sakurada Tomiko

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