Nagisa Ōshima
Director
The Ceremony (1971)
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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Watch Providers: Criterion Channel
Production Companies: Sozosha, Art Theatre Guild
Country: Japan
Production Country:
Japan
Languages:
Japanese
Recommendations
123 min
May 18, 1971
Released
NR / 18+