The Ceremony
7.2
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.
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Kenzō Kawarasaki
Sakurada Masuo
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Atsuko Kaku
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Sakurada Isamu
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Rokkō Toura
Sakurada Mamoru
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Fumio Watanabe
Susumu
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Shizue Kawarazaki
Sakurada Tomiko
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Chisako Hara
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Maki Takayama
Sakurada Kiku
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Sue Mitobe
Sakurada Chiyo
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Eitarō Ozawa
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Nagisa Ōshima Director · Mamoru Sasaki Screenplay Tsutomu Tamura Screenplay
United States release February 7, 1974 · Produced in Japan · Production Art Theatre Guild, Daiei Motion Picture Co., Ltd.
Production
Sozosha
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Art Theatre Guild
Production
Daiei Motion Picture Co., Ltd.
Production
Japan
Produced in
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Original title
儀式
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · May 18, 1971
Theatrical
United States · February 7, 1974
Theatrical
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