The Ceremony
6.8
1971
2h 3m
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.

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.

Fumio Watanabe
Susumu

Shizue Kawarazaki
Sakurada Tomiko

Chisako Hara
Isamu's flower girl
Maki Takayama
Sakurada Kiku