The Ceremony
(1971)
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The Ceremony
(1971)
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Kenzô Kawarasaki | ... |
Sakurada Masuo
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Atsuko Kaku | ... |
Sakurada Ritsuko
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Nobuko Otowa | ... |
Sakurada Shizu
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Kei Satô | ... |
Sakurada Kazuomi, Grandfather
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Maki Takayama | ... |
Sakurada Kiku
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Shizue Kawarazaki | ... |
Sakurada Tomiko
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Kiyoshi Tsuchiya | ... |
Sakurada Tadashi
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Akiko Koyama | ... |
Sakurada Satsuko
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Hôsei Komatsu | ... |
Sakurada Isamu
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Fumio Watanabe | ... |
Sakurada Shun
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Sue Mitobe | ... |
Sakurada Chiyo
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Rokko Toura | ... |
Sakurada Mori
(as Rokuhiro Tora)
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Eitarô Ozawa | ... |
Tachibana Takeyo
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Chisako Hara | ... |
Isamu's flower girl
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Taiji Tonoyama | ... |
Old chief
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I hardly know where to start in describing this film. The story is told in flashback, as a conversation. From memory, there are about five flashback episodes, the longest covering the wedding of a young man, where the bride fails to show but the wedding proceeds. The young man continues the farce by attempting to have sex with a large pillow which he calls "darling".
The remainder of the film is just as weird, but I found it completely engrossing. Oshima appears to be attacking many aspects of Japanese modern culture with his scalpel-sharp satirical wit.
Not a film for everyone, but highly recommended nevertheless.