The Ceremony
1971Oshima’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.
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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
Fumio Watanabe
as Susumu
Shizue Kawarazaki
as Sakurada Tomiko
Chisako Hara
as Isamu's flower girl
Maki Takayama
as Sakurada Kiku
Sue Mitobe
as Sakurada Chiyo
Eitarō Ozawa
as Tachibana Takeyo
Taiji Tonoyama
as Old Chief
Akiko Koyama
as Setsuko
Kei Satō
as Sakurada Kazuomi, Grandfather