The Ceremony (1971)
Gishiki
123 min
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.
- Release date
- May 18, 1971
- Country of origin
- Japan
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Cast
- Kenzô Kawarasaki as Sakurada Masuo
- Atsuko Kaku as Sakurada Ritsuko
- Atsuo Nakamura as Tachibana Terumichi
- Nobuko Otowa as Sakurada Shizu
- Hōsei Komatsu as Sakurada Isamu
- Rokkô Toura as Sakurada Mori
- Fumio Watanabe as Sakurada Shun
- Shizue Kawarazaki as Sakurada Tomiko
- Chisako Hara as Isamu's flower girl
- Maki Takayama as Sakurada Kiku
- Sue Mitobe as Sakurada Chiyo
- Eitarō Ozawa as Tachibana Takeyo
- Taiji Tonoyama as Old Chief
- Akiko Koyama as Setsuko
- Kei Satō as Sakurada Kazuomi, Grandfather
- Kiyoshi Tsuchiya as Sakurada Tadashi
Crew
- Nagisa Ōshima · Director
- Tsutomu Tamura · Writer
- Mamoru Sasaki · Writer
- Nagisa Ōshima · Writer
- Kinshirô Kuzui · Producer
- Takuji Yamaguchi · Producer
- Tôru Takemitsu · Composer
- Tôichirô Narushima · Cinematographer
- Keiichi Uraoka · Editor
- Shigenori Shimoishizaka · Production designer