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The Ceremony

1971
Directed byNagisa Ōshima
2h 3m

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 KawarasakiSakurada MasuoAtsuko KakuSakurada RitsukoAtsuo NakamuraTachibana Terumichi
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Nobuko OtowaSakurada Shizu
Hōsei KomatsuSakurada Isamu
Rokkō TouraSakurada Mamoru
Fumio WatanabeSusumu
Shizue KawarazakiSakurada Tomiko
Chisako HaraIsamu's flower girl
Maki TakayamaSakurada Kiku
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GENRES
Drama
STATUSReleased
RATING
6.8

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