The Ceremony

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.

Cast

Kenzō Kawarasaki

Played Sakurada Masuo
Atsuko Kaku

Played Sakurada Ritsuko
Atsuo Nakamura

Played Tachibana Terumichi
Nobuko Otowa

Played Sakurada Shizu
Hōsei Komatsu

Played Sakurada Isamu
Rokkō Toura

Played Sakurada Mamoru
Fumio Watanabe

Played Susumu
Shizue Kawarazaki

Played Sakurada Tomiko
Chisako Hara

Played Isamu's flower girl
Maki Takayama

Played Sakurada Kiku
Sue Mitobe

Played Sakurada Chiyo
Eitarō Ozawa

Played Tachibana Takeyo
Taiji Tonoyama

Played Old Chief
Akiko Koyama

Played Setsuko
Kei Satō

Played Sakurada Kazuomi, Gr…

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