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.
GENRES:
Drama
DIRECTION:
Nagisa Ōshima
Cast & Characters
| Kenzō Kawarasaki | Sakurada Masuo |
| Atsuko Kaku | Sakurada Ritsuko |
| Nobuko Otowa | Sakurada Shizu |
| Kei Satō | Sakurada Kazuomi, Grandfather |
| Maki Takayama | Sakurada Kiku |
| Shizue Kawarazaki | Sakurada Tomiko |
| Akiko Koyama | |
| Atsuo Nakamura | |
| Hōsei Komatsu | |
| Chisako Hara | |
| Rokkō Toura | |
| Fumio Watanabe |