The Ceremony (1971)

Name: The Ceremony
Genre: Drama
Released: 1971-05-18
Duration: 123 min
Cast: Kenzō Kawarasaki, Atsuko Kaku, Atsuo Nakamura, Nobuko Otowa, Hōsei Komatsu

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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Released 1971-05-18 · 123 min · Drama

Directed by Nagisa Ōshima

Cast

Kenzō Kawarasaki as Sakurada Masuo
Atsuko Kaku as Sakurada Ritsuko
Atsuo Nakamura as Tachibana Terumichi
Nobuko Otowa as Sakurada Shizu
Hōsei Komatsu as Sakurada Isamu
Rokkō Toura as Sakurada Mamoru
Fumio Watanabe as Susumu
Shizue Kawarazaki as Sakurada Tomiko
Chisako Hara as Isamu's flower girl
Maki Takayama as Sakurada Kiku
Sue Mitobe as Sakurada Chiyo
Eitarō Ozawa as Tachibana Takeyo
Taiji Tonoyama as Old Chief
Akiko Koyama as Setsuko
Kei Satō as Sakurada Kazuomi, Grandfather