Movie

The Ceremony

★ 6.7/10 · 46 votes 1971 2h 3m Released

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.

Cast

Kenzō Kawarasaki Sakurada Masuo A Atsuko Kaku Sakurada Ritsuko Atsuo Nakamura Tachibana Terumichi Nobuko Otowa Sakurada Shizu Hōsei Komatsu Sakurada Isamu Rokkō Toura Sakurada Mamoru