Harakiri
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1962
2h 15m
NR
Japanese
Action, Drama, History
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Harakiri
Down-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemployed, and with no family, he hopes to find a place to commit seppuku—and a worthy second to deliver the coup de grâce in his suicide ritual. The senior counselor for the Iyi clan questions the ronin’s resolve and integrity, suspecting Hanshirō of seeking charity rather than an honorable end. What follows is a pair of interlocking stories which lay bare the difference between honor and respect, and promises to examine the legendary foundations of the Samurai code.
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Cast
Hanshiro Tsugumo
Motome Chijiiwa
Miho Tsugumo
Hikokuro Omodaka
Tango Inaba
Hayato Yazaki
Masakazu
Jinai Chijiiwa
Retainer
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Directed By: Masaki Kobayashi
Written By: Shinobu Hashimoto (Screenplay), Yasuhiko Takiguchi (Novel)
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bladefd
/10 11 months ago
Harakiri (1962) is a Japanese film that takes place in 1630, and it is a story of the Samurai code of honor and family. Harakiri (also called seppuku) is the ritualistic suicide once employed by Samurai warriors to die while keeping their honor intact. A Samurai, Hanshiro Tsugumo, travels to the Hou More
Filipe Manuel Neto
one year ago
**It's a film that might scare modern audiences a bit, but it deserves the opportunity we want to give it.**
In addition to having a very strong film industry, Japan is a country with a very rich past that we in the West tend to devalue. A somewhat ethnocentric attitude, more typical of small min More
In addition to having a very strong film industry, Japan is a country with a very rich past that we in the West tend to devalue. A somewhat ethnocentric attitude, more typical of small min More
badelf
6 years ago
This is an amazing Japanese classic written and filmed without flaw. The action unfolds in story-telling within story-telling. This is a film about truth. Whose truth? That is the unfoldment. In a perverted way, this amazing piece of work has become predictive of Western corporate banking. Perhaps y More
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