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Bookmark this pageThe Ceremony (1971)
Director: Nagisa Oshima
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
A thinly disguised commentary on Japan's post-war history, using ceremonial family gatherings (mainly weddings and funerals) as a key to the changes in Japanese society: individual characters represent specific political factions, just as events in the narrative mirror the twists and turns in the country's domestic and foreign policies. However dense the allegory, though, Oshima keeps it very accessible to his audience by stressing individuals' feelings as much as ceremonies; their dreams, aspirations, frustrations and agonies are all too familiar. A significant political film for the time.Author: TR
Cast & crew
Director: Nagisa Oshima
Producer: Kinshiru Kuzui, Takuji Yamaguchi
Cast: Kenzo Kawarazaki, Atsuo Nakamura, Akiko Koyama, Atsoku Kaku, Kiyoshi Tsuchiya, Kei Sato full cast
Duration: 121 mins
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