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
Screenplay
Kenzō Kawarasaki
Sakurada Masuo
Atsuo Nakamura
Nobuko Otowa
Sakurada Shizu
Hōsei Komatsu
Rokkō Toura
Fumio Watanabe
Shizue Kawarazaki
Sakurada Tomiko
Chisako Hara
Eitarō Ozawa
Taiji Tonoyama
Akiko Koyama
Kei Satō
Sakurada Kazuomi, Grandfather
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Original Name儀式 (The Ceremony)
StatusReleased: 53 years agoMay 18, 1971
Language日本語
Spoken Languages日本語
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