The Ceremony
Trailer: The Ceremony
Year: 1971
Genre: Drama
Studio: Sozosha, Art Theatre Guild
Director: Nagisa Ōshima
Cast: Kenzō Kawarasaki, Atsuko Kaku, Atsuo Nakamura, Nobuko Otowa, Hōsei Komatsu, Rokkō Toura
Crew: Nagisa Ōshima (Director), Mamoru Sasaki (Screenplay), Nagisa Ōshima (Screenplay), Tsutomu Tamura (Screenplay), Shigemasa Toda (Art Direction), Hideo Nishizaki (Sound Recordist)
Runtime: 123 minutes
Release: May 18, 1971
IMDb: 6.80/10 by 42 users
Popularity: 1
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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