The Ceremony
6.8
47 votes
May 18, 1971
2h 3m
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.
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Kenzō Kawarasaki
Sakurada MasuoAtsuko 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 girlMaki Takayama
Sakurada KikuSue Mitobe
Sakurada Chiyo
Eitarō Ozawa
Tachibana Takeyo
Taiji Tonoyama
Old Chief
Akiko Koyama
Setsuko
Kei Satō
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