The Ceremony (1971)
18/05/1971
Drama
2h 3m
- 70% (35 votes)
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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.
- Nagisa ŌshimaDirector, Screenplay
- Tsutomu TamuraScreenplay
- Mamoru SasakiScreenplay
Original Title
儀式
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Keywords
- romantic rivalry
- patriarchy
- dysfunctional family
- post war japan
- dying traditions
- traditional family
- cousins in love
- ancestral traditions
- japanese tradition
- suicide by poison
- family rivalry
- incestuous family
Top Billed 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
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