

The Ceremony
May 18, 1971•2h 3m•★ 6.8
Drama
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.
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Director
Nagisa ŌshimaCast

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

Taiji Tonoyama
Old Chief

Akiko Koyama
Setsuko

Kei Satō
Sakurada Kazuomi, Grandfather
