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The Ceremony
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Title: The Ceremony

Release Date: 18 May 1971

Runtime: 2h 3m

Genre: Drama

Director: Sozosha, Art Theatre Guild

Production Companies: Sozosha, Art Theatre Guild

Overview: 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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Average Vote: 7 (35 votes)

Cast

  • Sakurada Masuo: Kenzō Kawarasaki
  • Sakurada Ritsuko: Atsuko Kaku
  • Tachibana Terumichi: Atsuo Nakamura
  • Sakurada Shizu: Nobuko Otowa
  • Sakurada Isamu: Hōsei Komatsu
  • Sakurada Mamoru: Rokkō Toura
  • Susumu: Fumio Watanabe
  • Sakurada Tomiko: Shizue Kawarazaki
  • Isamu's flower girl: Chisako Hara
  • Sakurada Kiku: Maki Takayama
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