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Harakiri
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📅 1962 ⏱ 2h 15min NR Released FHD / 4K

Harakiri

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"What befalls others today, may be your own fate tomorrow."

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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.

🎬 DirectorMasaki Kobayashi
📅 Release1962-09-15
🌍 CountryJapan
🗣 LanguageJapanese
🏢 StudioShochiku
🗳 Votes1,167
🔥 Popularity3
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🎭 Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai
Tatsuya Nakadai
Hanshiro Tsugumo
Akira Ishihama
Akira Ishihama
Motome Chijiiwa
Shima Iwashita
Shima Iwashita
Miho Tsugumo
Tetsuro Tamba
Tetsuro Tamba
Hikokuro Omodaka
Masao Mishima
Masao Mishima
Tango Inaba
Ichirō Nakatani
Ichirō Nakatani
Hayato Yazaki
Kei Satō
Kei Satō
Masakazu
Yoshio Inaba
Yoshio Inaba
Jinai Chijiiwa
Hisashi Igawa
Hisashi Igawa
Retainer
Toru Takeuchi
Retainer
Yoshirō Aoki
Yoshirō Aoki
Tatsuo Matsumura
Tatsuo Matsumura
Akiji Kobayashi
Akiji Kobayashi
Kōichi Hayashi
Ryūtarō Gomi
Ryūtarō Gomi

🎥 Crew

DirectorMasaki Kobayashi
ScreenplayShinobu Hashimoto
NovelYasuhiko Takiguchi
Associate ProducerGin'ichi Kishimoto
Original Music ComposerToru Takemitsu
EditorHisashi Sagara
Art DirectionShigemasa Toda
SoundHideo Nishizaki
Art DirectionJunichi Ôsumi
Set DecorationZenichi Tajiri

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💬 Reviews

badelf⭐ 10/10

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 you'll see what I mean at the end of the film.…

Filipe Manuel Neto⭐ 7/10

**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 minds. For a long time, the Japanese were a people divided by several feudal princes who fought among t…

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