The Ceremony (1971)

★ 6.8/10 123 min Drama Japan Japanese

Director: Nagisa Ōshima

Screenplay by: Mamoru Sasaki, Nagisa Ōshima, Tsutomu Tamura

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Description

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.

Top Cast

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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