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The Ceremony

6.8May 18, 19712h 3mDrama

Directed by Nagisa Ōshima

Written by Mamoru Sasaki, Nagisa Ōshima, Tsutomu Tamura

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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Cast

Kenzō Kawarasaki

Kenzō Kawarasaki

Sakurada Masuo

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Atsuko Kaku

Sakurada Ritsuko

Atsuo Nakamura

Atsuo Nakamura

Tachibana Terumichi

Nobuko Otowa

Nobuko Otowa

Sakurada Shizu

Hōsei Komatsu

Hōsei Komatsu

Sakurada Isamu

Rokkō Toura

Rokkō Toura

Sakurada Mamoru

Fumio Watanabe

Fumio Watanabe

Susumu

Shizue Kawarazaki

Shizue Kawarazaki

Sakurada Tomiko

Chisako Hara

Chisako Hara

Isamu's flower girl

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Maki Takayama

Sakurada Kiku

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Sue Mitobe

Sakurada Chiyo

Eitarō Ozawa

Eitarō Ozawa

Tachibana Takeyo

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