

The Ceremony (1971)
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- 2h 3m
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Overview
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.
Overview
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.
Top Billed Cast

Kenzō Kawarasaki
Sakurada Masuo
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
Maki Takayama
Sakurada Kiku
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