Drama · Japan · 1971 · 2h 3m

The Ceremony

儀式

The Ceremony poster
Director
Nagisa Ōshima
Cast
Kenzō Kawarasaki as Sakurada Masuo 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
Crew
Tōichirō Narushima — Director of Photography Keiichi Uraoka — Editor Toru Takemitsu — Original Music Composer Tsutomu Tamura — Screenplay Mamoru Sasaki — Screenplay Nagisa Ōshima — Screenplay
Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
romantic rivalrypatriarchydysfunctional familypost war japandying traditionstraditional familycousins in loveancestral traditionsjapanese traditionsuicide by poisonfamily rivalry
Key Collaborators
Nagisa Ōshima Director Tōichirō Narushima Director of Photography Keiichi Uraoka Editor Toru Takemitsu Original Music Composer Tsutomu Tamura Screenplay Mamoru Sasaki Screenplay Nagisa Ōshima Screenplay Kinshirō Kuzui Producer Takuji Yamaguchi Producer
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