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.

Director: Nagisa Ōshima

Cast: Kenzō Kawarasaki, Atsuko Kaku, Atsuo Nakamura, Nobuko Otowa, Hōsei Komatsu, Rokkō Toura, Fumio Watanabe, Shizue Kawarazaki

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.