Overview
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.
Fun facts
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Music
Music by Tōru Takemitsu
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Tōichirō Narushima
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Tsutomu TamuraScreenplay
- Mamoru SasakiScreenplay
- Nagisa ŌshimaScreenplay
- Original title
- 儀式
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 18, 1971
- Original language
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
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Cast
Kenzō KawarasakiSakurada Masuo- Atsuko KakuSakurada Ritsuko
Atsuo NakamuraTachibana Terumichi
Nobuko OtowaSakurada Shizu
Hōsei KomatsuSakurada Isamu
Rokkō TouraSakurada Mamoru
Fumio WatanabeSusumu
Shizue KawarazakiSakurada Tomiko
Chisako HaraIsamu's flower girl- Maki TakayamaSakurada Kiku
- Sue MitobeSakurada Chiyo
Eitarō OzawaTachibana Takeyo
Taiji TonoyamaOld Chief
Akiko KoyamaSetsuko
Kei SatōSakurada Kazuomi, Grandfather
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