The Ceremony

(1971)

★ 6.8 IMDb · 47 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1971

Runtime: 123 мин

Country: Japan

Director: 大島渚

Cast: 河原崎建三, 賀来敦子, 中村敦夫, 乙羽信子, 小松方正, 戸浦六宏, 渡辺文雄, 河原崎しづ江, 原知佐子, Maki Takayama

Plot

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.