The Ceremony (1971) [Trailer]

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important family ceremonies over the years: anniversaries, weddings, funerals, etc. Various factions in the family, which reflect the factions in Japanese society, struggle for superiority. Gishiki (The Ceremony), made in 1971, was less obviously universal in appeal but perhaps Oshima's finest demonstration of the film-making art. The chronicle of a wealthy provincial family from the end of World War II to the present, it is punctuated by the marriages and funerals at which the family is ...