The Ceremony

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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.

Country:

Japan

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

123 minutes

Year:

1971

Director:

Nagisa Ōshima

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Company:

Sozosha,

Art Theatre Guild

Cast:
Kenzō Kawarasaki

Sakurada Masuo

Atsuko Kaku

Sakurada Ritsuko

Atsuo Nakamura

Nobuko Otowa

Sakurada Shizu

Hōsei Komatsu

Crew:
Nagisa Ōshima

Director

Kinshirô Kuzui

Producer

Takuji Yamaguchi

Producer

Keiichi Uraoka

Editor

Tōichirō Narushima

Director of Photography