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The Ceremony (1971)
Directed by Nagisa Ōshima
Drama · 2h 03m
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
A
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
M
Maki Takayama
Sakurada Kiku
S
Sue Mitobe
Sakurada Chiyo
Eitarō Ozawa
Tachibana Takeyo
Crew
- Director
- Nagisa Ōshima
- Screenplay
- Nagisa Ōshima, Tsutomu Tamura, Mamoru Sasaki
- Director of Photography
- Tōichirō Narushima
- Original Music Composer
- Tōru Takemitsu
- Editor
- Keiichi Uraoka
- Producer
- Takuji Yamaguchi, Kinshirō Kuzui
Details
- Original title
- 儀式
- Release date
- 1971-05-18
- Runtime
- 2h 03m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Sozosha, Art Theatre Guild