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The Ceremony (1971)

Directed by Nagisa Ōshima

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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.

Length 123 minutes

Actors

Kawarasaki Kenzo | Atsuko Kaku | Atsuo Nakamura | Nobuko Otowa | Hôsei Komatsu | Rokkô Toura | Fumio Watanabe | Shizue Kawarazaki | Chisako Hara | Maki Takayama | Sue Mitobe | Eitarô Ozawa | Taiji Tonoyama | Akiko Koyama | Kei Satō