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The Ceremony

The Ceremony

★ 6.8/10•1971•2h 3m•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.

Nagisa Ōshima · Director

Tsutomu Tamura · Screenplay

Mamoru Sasaki · Screenplay

Nagisa Ōshima · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime2h 3m
LanguageJA
Release DateMay 18, 1971

Actors

Kenzō Kawarasaki

Kenzō Kawarasaki

Sakurada Masuo

Atsuko Kaku

Sakurada Ritsuko

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

Maki Takayama

Sakurada Kiku

Sue Mitobe

Sakurada Chiyo

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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