The Ceremony

Directed by Nagisa Ōshima
1971    2h 3mComedy, Drama
7.279%6.8
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 Masuo
  • Atsuko KakuSakurada Ritsuko
  • Atsuo NakamuraTachibana Terumichi
  • Nobuko OtowaSakurada Shizu
  • Hōsei KomatsuSakurada Isamu
  • Rokkō TouraSakurada Mamoru
  • Fumio WatanabeSusumu
  • Shizue KawarazakiSakurada Tomiko
  • Chisako HaraIsamu's flower girl
  • Maki TakayamaSakurada Kiku
  • Sue MitobeSakurada Chiyo
  • Eitarō OzawaTachibana Takeyo
  • Taiji TonoyamaOld Chief
  • Akiko KoyamaSetsuko
  • Kei SatōSakurada Kazuomi, Grandfather
  • Nagisa ŌshimaDirector / Screenplay
  • Tsutomu TamuraScreenplay
  • Mamoru SasakiScreenplay
  • Kinshirō KuzuiProducer
  • Takuji YamaguchiProducer

The Ceremony Ratings & Reviews

The Ceremony Trivia

The Ceremony was released on June 5, 1971.

The Ceremony was directed by Nagisa Ōshima.

The Ceremony has a runtime of 2h 3m.

The Ceremony was produced by Kinshirō Kuzui, Takuji Yamaguchi.

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.

The key characters in The Ceremony are Sakurada Masuo (Kenzō Kawarasaki), Sakurada Ritsuko (Atsuko Kaku), Tachibana Terumichi (Atsuo Nakamura).

The Ceremony is a Comedy, Drama film.

The Ceremony has an audience rating of 7.9 out of 10.

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