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The Ceremony

1971 · 123 min

A cold, ceremonious plunge into a family's decay, demanding patience as ritual and memory slowly suffocate the young.

Directed by
Nagisa Ōshima
Genres
Drama
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.
How it feels
Slow-burning and demanding.
About
Family, trauma, identity, death
Content
Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
Note
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How it feels

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Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    Places
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror2
    Humour1
    Realism7
    Romance4
    Tension6
    Darkness8
    Complexity9
    Emotional weight9

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Nagisa Ōshima
    Written by
    Mamoru Sasaki, Nagisa Ōshima, Tsutomu Tamura
    Starring
    Kenzō Kawarasaki, Atsuko Kaku, Atsuo Nakamura, Nobuko Otowa, Hōsei Komatsu, Rokkō Toura, Fumio Watanabe, Shizue Kawarazaki
    Music
    Tōru Takemitsu
    Cinematography
    Tōichirō Narushima
    Runtime
    123 min
    Country
    Japan
    Languages
    Japanese

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