The Ceremony
(1971)
May 18, 1971• 2h 3m
68%
TMDB ScoreOverview
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 Ōshima
Director
Top Billed Cast
KK
Kenzō Kawarasaki
Sakurada Masuo
AK
Atsuko Kaku
Sakurada Ritsuko
AN
Atsuo Nakamura
Tachibana Terumichi
NO
Nobuko Otowa
Sakurada Shizu
HK
Hōsei Komatsu
Sakurada Isamu
RT
Rokkō Toura
Sakurada Mamoru
FW
Fumio Watanabe
Susumu
SK
Shizue Kawarazaki
Sakurada Tomiko
CH
Chisako Hara
Isamu's flower girl
MT
Maki Takayama
Sakurada Kiku
