

The Ceremony
1971
2h 3m
7.0
JP
Drama
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.
Movie Details
Languages
Japanese
Studio
Sozosha
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Key Crew

Nagisa Ōshima
Director

Tsutomu Tamura
Screenplay

Mamoru Sasaki
Screenplay

Nagisa Ōshima
Screenplay
Cast

Kenzō Kawarasaki
Sakurada Masuo
A
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

Chisako Hara
Isamu's flower girl
M
Maki Takayama
Sakurada Kiku
S
Sue Mitobe
Sakurada Chiyo

Eitarō Ozawa
Tachibana Takeyo

Taiji Tonoyama
Old Chief

Akiko Koyama
Setsuko

Kei Satō
Sakurada Kazuomi, Grandfather