The Ceremony

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.

Genre: Drama

Stars: Kenzō Kawarasaki, Atsuko Kaku, Atsuo Nakamura, Nobuko Otowa, Hōsei Komatsu, Rokkō Toura

Crew: Nagisa Ōshima (Director), Tsutomu Tamura (Screenplay), Shigemasa Toda (Art Direction), Mamoru Sasaki (Screenplay), Hideo Nishizaki (Sound Recordist), Nagisa Ōshima (Screenplay)

Country: Japan

Language: 日本語

Studio: Sozosha, Art Theatre Guild

Runtime: 123 minutes

Quality: HD

Released: May 18, 1971

IMDb: 4

Keywords:romantic rivalry, patriarchy, dysfunctional family, post war japan, dying traditions, traditional family, cousins in love, ancestral traditions, japanese tradition, suicide by poison, family rivalry, incestuous family

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The Ceremony

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