The Ceremony

Movie

The Ceremony

Drama

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.

Date: 05/18/1971

Rating: 7.0

Cast: Kenzō Kawarasaki, Atsuko Kaku, Atsuo Nakamura, Nobuko Otowa, Hōsei Komatsu, Rokkō Toura, Fumio Watanabe, Shizue Kawarazaki, Chisako Hara, Maki Takayama, Sue Mitobe, Eitarō Ozawa, Taiji Tonoyama, Akiko Koyama, Kei Satō

Kenzō Kawarasaki