The Ceremony

儀式

1971·123'

Nagisa Ōshima

Drama

Japanese

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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.

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 Chisako Hara Isamu's flower girl

Maki Takayama Sakurada Kiku

Sue Mitobe Sakurada Chiyo Eitarō Ozawa Tachibana Takeyo