The Ceremony

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.

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Nagisa Ōshima directed The Ceremony in 1971. See Nagisa Ōshima's full filmography, where to start with Nagisa Ōshima, or where to go after you've seen everything by Nagisa Ōshima.

The Ceremony was released in 1971 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 123 minutes.