The Ceremony
Original title: 儀式
6.7(46)19712h 3mJA
Directed by Nagisa Ōshima
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.
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