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. romantic rivalry, patriarchy, dysfunctional family, post war japan, dying traditions, traditional family, cousins in love, ancestral traditions, japanese tradition, suicide by poison, family rivalry, incestuous family
Released: May 18, 1971
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Genre: Drama
Stars: Kenzō Kawarasaki, Atsuko Kaku, Atsuo Nakamura, Nobuko Otowa, Hōsei Komatsu, Rokkō Toura, Fumio Watanabe, Shizue Kawarazaki, Chisako Hara, Maki Takayama, Sue Mitobe
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