The Ceremony
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1971 · 2h 3m · Drama · Japan
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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Nagisa Ōshima6.3Smart score
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ancestral traditionscousins in lovedying traditionsdysfunctional familyfamily rivalryjapanese traditionpatriarchypost war japanromantic rivalrysuicide by poisontraditional family
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