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.
Director:
Nagisa Ōshima
Writers:
Mamoru Sasaki, Nagisa Ōshima, Tsutomu Tamura.
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Kenzō Kawarasaki as Sakurada Masuo |
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Atsuko Kaku as Sakurada Ritsuko |
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Atsuo Nakamura as Tachibana Terumichi |
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Nobuko Otowa as Sakurada Shizu |
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Hōsei Komatsu as Sakurada Isamu |
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Rokkō Toura as Sakurada Mamoru |
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Fumio Watanabe as Susumu |
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Shizue Kawarazaki as Sakurada Tomiko |
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Chisako Hara as Isamu's flower girl |
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Maki Takayama as Sakurada Kiku |
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Sue Mitobe as Sakurada Chiyo |
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Eitarō Ozawa as Tachibana Takeyo |
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Taiji Tonoyama as Old Chief |
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Akiko Koyama as Setsuko |
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Kei Satō as Sakurada Kazuomi, Grandfather |
| Directing | Nagisa Ōshima | Director |
| Writing | Mamoru Sasaki | Screenplay |
| Writing | Nagisa Ōshima | Screenplay |
| Writing | Tsutomu Tamura | Screenplay |
| Art | Shigemasa Toda | Art Direction |
| Sound | Hideo Nishizaki | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Kinshirō Kuzui | Producer |
| Production | Takuji Yamaguchi | Producer |
| Editing | Keiichi Uraoka | Editor |
| Camera | Tōichirō Narushima | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Toru Takemitsu | Original Music Composer |
