The Ceremony
儀式
Release: 1971-05-18
·Runtime: 123m
·★ 6.7
Drama
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.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
Sozosha
Art Theatre Guild
Cast
Taiji Tonoyama
as Old Chief
Nobuko Otowa
as Sakurada Shizu
Rokkō Toura
as Sakurada Mamoru
Eitarō Ozawa
as Tachibana Takeyo
Akiko Koyama
as Setsuko
Kenzō Kawarasaki
as Sakurada Masuo
Atsuo Nakamura
as Tachibana Terumichi
Hōsei Komatsu
as Sakurada Isamu
Shizue Kawarazaki
as Sakurada Tomiko
Chisako Hara
as Isamu's flower girl
Fumio Watanabe
as Susumu
Kei Satō
as Sakurada Kazuomi, Grandfather
