The Ceremony
movie
Released May 18, 1971
Genres:
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.
Cast
Kenzō Kawarasaki
as
Sakurada Masuo
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Atsuko Kaku
as
Sakurada Ritsuko
Atsuo Nakamura
as
Tachibana Terumichi
Nobuko Otowa
as
Sakurada Shizu
Hōsei Komatsu
as
Sakurada Isamu
Rokkō Toura
as
Sakurada Mamoru
Fumio Watanabe
as
Susumu
Shizue Kawarazaki
as
Sakurada Tomiko
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
Eitarō Ozawa
as
Tachibana Takeyo
Crew
Nagisa Ōshima
as
Director
Tsutomu Tamura
as
Screenplay
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Shigemasa Toda
as
Art Direction
Mamoru Sasaki
as
Screenplay
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Hideo Nishizaki
as
Sound Recordist
Nagisa Ōshima
as
Screenplay
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Kinshirō Kuzui
as
Producer
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Takuji Yamaguchi
as
Producer
Keiichi Uraoka
as
Editor
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Tōichirō Narushima
as
Director of Photography
Toru Takemitsu
as
Original Music Composer