# La Cérémonie (1971)

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**Original title**: *儀式*
**Runtime**: 123 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: Nagisa Ōshima
**Written by**: Nagisa Ōshima, Mamoru Sasaki, Tsutomu Tamura
**Starring**: Kenzō Kawarasaki, Atsuko Kaku, Atsuo Nakamura, Nobuko Otowa, Hōsei Komatsu, Rokkō Toura

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Post-war Japan’s fractured nobility in one family’s funeral cycle. The last Sakurada son watches honor codes curdle into state violence while funeral rites decay into hollow theater. A youthful corpse holds every era’s secrets.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, cerebral

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