The Ceremony
The Ceremony

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The Ceremony

Criterion Channel
Criterion Channel
Amazon Video
Amazon Video (Rent)
6.8(40 votes)
1971
2h 3m
Drama
romantic rivalrypatriarchydysfunctional familypost war japandying traditionstraditional familycousins in loveancestral traditionsjapanese traditionsuicide by poison

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.

Cast

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

Directed by

Nagisa Ōshima

Nagisa Ōshima

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