The Ceremony

2h 3m
Drama
6.8

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.

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
Taiji Tonoyama
Old Chief
Akiko Koyama
Setsuko
Kei Satō
Sakurada Kazuomi, Grandfather

Crew

Nagisa Ōshima
Director, Screenplay
Mamoru Sasaki
Screenplay
Tsutomu Tamura
Screenplay
Keiichi Uraoka
Editor
Tōichirō Narushima
Director of Photography
Kinshirō Kuzui
Producer
Takuji Yamaguchi
Producer
Hideo Nishizaki
Sound Recordist
Toru Takemitsu
Original Music Composer
Shigemasa Toda
Art Direction

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