The Ceremony

Overview

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.

Directed by Nagisa Ōshima

Top cast

Kenzō Kawarasaki

Sakurada Masuo

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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

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Maki Takayama

Sakurada Kiku

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Sue Mitobe

Sakurada Chiyo

Eitarō Ozawa

Tachibana Takeyo

Taiji Tonoyama

Old Chief

Akiko Koyama

Setsuko

Kei Satō

Sakurada Kazuomi, Grandfather

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