The Ceremony in 35mm

(1971, 125m, Japanese w/English subtitles) dir Nagisa Ôshima w/Kenzô Kawarasaki, Atsuko Kaku, Atsuo Nakamura. The Sakurada clan goes through a series of weddings and funerals while attempting to maintain the appearance of respectability. Underneath lies a history of incest, xenophobic nationalism, and humiliation. With this striking film, Ôshima shreds the well-worn conventions of the Japanese family melodrama.

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