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The Ceremony(1971)
Status: Released
Date: 1971-05-18
67%
39 Votes
Time: 2h 3m
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.
Languages: Japanese.
Countries:
Japan
ProductionCompanies: 
Sozosha
Movie: The Ceremony
Top 10 Billed Cast
河原崎建三
Sakurada Masuo
中村敦夫
Tachibana Terumichi
乙羽信子
Sakurada Shizu
小松方正
Sakurada Isamu
戸浦六宏
Sakurada Mamoru
渡辺文雄
Susumu
河原崎しづ江
Sakurada Tomiko
原知佐子
Isamu's flower girl
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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.
Release Date
1971-05-18
Average
6.7
Rating:
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