The Ceremony
1971•2h 3m•6.8/10
Drama
Ratings
🎬TMDb
6.8/10(47)
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.
Production
Sozosha, Art Theatre Guild
Language
JA
Status
Released
Release Date
Available in Your Library
Cast
Kenzō Kawarasaki
Sakurada Masuo
Atsuko Kaku
Sakurada Ritsuko
Atsuo Nakamura
Tachibana Terumichi
Nobuko Otowa
Sakurada Shizu
Hōsei Komatsu
Sakurada Isamu
Rokkō Toura
Sakurada Mamoru
Fumio Watanabe
Susumu
Shizue Kawarazaki
Sakurada Tomiko
Chisako Hara
Isamu's flower girl
Maki Takayama
Sakurada Kiku
Sue Mitobe
Sakurada Chiyo
Eitarō Ozawa
Tachibana Takeyo
Taiji Tonoyama
Old Chief
Akiko Koyama
Setsuko
Kei Satō
Sakurada Kazuomi, Grandfather
Recommended
Checking...
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
1952•
7.5
Checking...
The Ballad of Narayama
1958•
7.6
Checking...
Shoplifters
2018•
7.8
Checking...
Late Spring
1949•
8.0
Checking...
Early Summer
1951•
7.9
Checking...
An Autumn Afternoon
1962•
7.9
Checking...
Museum
2016•
6.7
Checking...
Nobody Knows
2004•
8.0
Checking...
Rhapsody in August
1991•
7.2
Checking...
The End of Summer
1961•
7.5
Checking...
Tokyo Story
1953•
8.1
Checking...
After the Storm
2016•
7.2
Similar Movies
Checking...
Little Odessa
1994•
6.5
Checking...
Missing
2022•
7.2
Checking...
Crimes of the Heart
1986•
6.1
Checking...
Itadakimasu
2025
Checking...
Hero's Island
2025•
8.0
Checking...
Fruits Basket -prelude-
2022•
7.0
Checking...
Help Me Make It Through the Night
2018•
5.7
Checking...
Kajillionaire
2020•
6.3
Checking...
Coffee Capsule
2018
Checking...
Floating Clouds
1955•
7.7
Checking...
The Merry Widow
1925•
6.7
Checking...
Château
2025