The Ceremony (1971)
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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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
- Sue Mitobe — Sakurada Chiyo
- Eitarō Ozawa — Tachibana Takeyo
Where to watch The Ceremony
Criterion Channel
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