Movie, 1971
The Ceremony
IMDb 6.8, 123 min, Drama, Japan
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
15 credited
Kenzō Kawarasaki
Sakurada Masuo
AK
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
MT
Maki Takayama
Sakurada Kiku
SM
Sue Mitobe
Sakurada Chiyo
Eitarō Ozawa
Tachibana Takeyo
Details
DirectorNagisa Ōshima
WritersTsutomu Tamura, Mamoru Sasaki, Nagisa Ōshima
GenreDrama
Runtime123 min
ReleasedTue, May 18, 1971
CountryJapan
IMDBtt0066639
