The Ceremony (1971)
Original title: 儀式
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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 Ritsuko
Nobuko OtowaSakurada Shizu
Kei SatōSakurada Kazuomi, GrandfatherMaki TakayamaSakurada Kiku
Shizue KawarazakiSakurada Tomiko
Akiko Koyama
Atsuo Nakamura
Hōsei Komatsu
Chisako Hara
Rokkō Toura
Fumio WatanabeKeywords
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Genre affinityDramaTheme affinityPost War JapanDialogue densityDramaEmotional intensityPost War JapanDirector preference243917Actor preference335900 · 424082 · 299480
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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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The Ceremony has a runtime of 123 minutes.
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