The Ceremony(儀式)
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Japan · 1971
2h 3m
Director Nagisa Ōshima
Starring Kenzō Kawarasaki, Atsuko Kaku, Nobuko Otowa, Kei Satō
Genre Drama
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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.
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