The Ceremony

Name: The Ceremony
Genre: Drama
Released: 1971
Duration: 123 min
Rating: 6.766

1971 · 123 min

Drama

★ 6.8

Criterion

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.

Crew

Director Nagisa Ōshima
Screenplay Mamoru Sasaki
Screenplay Nagisa Ōshima
Screenplay Tsutomu Tamura
Director of Photography Tōichirō Narushima

Cast

Kenzō Kawarasaki
Sakurada Masuo
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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
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Maki Takayama
Sakurada Kiku
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Sue Mitobe
Sakurada Chiyo
Eitarō Ozawa
Tachibana Takeyo

Crew

Director — Nagisa Ōshima
Screenplay — Mamoru Sasaki
Screenplay — Nagisa Ōshima
Screenplay — Tsutomu Tamura
Director of Photography — Tōichirō Narushima

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