The Ceremony

1971 · Directed by Nagisa Ōshima · 123 min · drama film

★ 6.8/10 · 47 ratings on TMDB

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.