The Ceremony
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.
Top Billed Cast
Kenzō Kawarasaki
Sakurada Masuo
Atsuko Kaku
Sakurada Ritsuko
Atsuo Nakamura
Tachibana Terumichi
Nobuko Otowa
Sakurada Shizu
Hōsei Komatsu
Sakurada Isamu
Featured Crew
Nagisa Ōshima
Director
Tsutomu Tamura
Screenplay
Shigemasa Toda
Art Direction
Mamoru Sasaki
Screenplay
Hideo Nishizaki
Sound Recordist
Nagisa Ōshima
Screenplay
Kinshirō Kuzui
Producer
Takuji Yamaguchi
Producer
Keiichi Uraoka
Editor
Tōichirō Narushima
Director of Photography
Toru Takemitsu
Original Music Composer
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