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The Ceremony (1971)

The Ceremony (1971)

Drama
Release Date: 1971, May 18
Directors: Nagisa Ōshima
Countries: Japan
Production: Sozosha, Art Theatre Guild
Cast: Kei Satō, Taiji Tonoyama, Akiko Koyama, Hōsei Komatsu, Rokkō Toura, Sue Mitobe, Atsuo Nakamura, Eitarō Ozawa, Kenzō Kawarasaki, Chisako Hara, Fumio Watanabe, Nobuko Otowa

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.

Keywords:

patriarchy dysfunctional family post war japan japanese tradition romantic rivalry traditional family family rivalry ancestral traditions suicide by poison cousins in love dying traditions