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Harakiri

DVD/APPROX. 133 MINS./1962/US NR

Main feature:

Release Aug 23, 2005
Video Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audio Japanese: Dolby Digital 1.0
Subtitles Japanese
Studio Criterion/Voyager
Year 1962

Special features:

  • New video interviews with legendary star Tatsuya Nakadai and acclaimed screenwriter Shinobu Hashimoto
  • Exclusive video introduction by Japanese-film historian Donald Richie
  • A new essay by celebrated film scholar Joan Mellen and a reprint of her 1972 interview with Kobayashi
  • Original theatrical trailer
  • Poster gallery

Synopsis:



Following the collapse of his clan, unemployed samurai Hanshiro Tsugumo (Tatsuya Nakadai) arrives at the manor of Lord Iyi, begging to commit ritual suicide on his property. Iyi's clansmen, believing the desperate ronin is merely angling for charity, try to force him to eviscerate himself - but they have underestimated his honor and his past. Winner of the 1963 Cannes Film Festival's Special Jury Prize, Masaki Kobayashi's Harakiri is a scathing denouncement of feudal authority and hypocrisy.

Cast and Crew:

Criterion/Voyager presents
Shima IwashitaRentaro MikuniTatsuya NakadaiTetsuro Tamba"Harakiri"
directed byMasaki Kobayashi
Production Year: 1962

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