The Ceremony (1971)
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.
Top billed cast
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
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