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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 clans men, 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. 2-dvd set. Masaki Kobayahi's violent masterpiece exposes the harsh 17th-century samurai code of honor, which involves the agonizing suicide ritual of harakiri. Set in 17th-century Japan, director Makaki Kobayahi's HARAKIRI stars Tatsuya Nakadai (RAN) as masterless samurai Hanshiro Tsugumo. Structured in a series of flashbacks, the film opens in a period of serenity that has brought about a consolidation of power in Japan, resulting in the release of many samurai from their feudal obligations. These men--Hanshiro included--are in desperate straits, struggling to avoid poverty and starvation. According to their code, they must appear at clan estates and offer to commit seppuku, or ritual disembowelment, and often the clan retainer will offer them work or alms. When Hanshiro arrives at such an estate, the chief retainer Kageyu Saito (Rentaro Mikuni) tells him a cautionary tale about the fate of samurai Motome Chijiiwa (Akira Ishihama), who was forced to commit seppuku with a dull bamboo sword as punishment for dishonoring the samurai code. Hanshiro requests that the clan's three best swordsmen act as his seconds for his act of seppuku, but they are nowhere to be found. He then reveals himself as the father-in-law of the tragic Motome and begins to exact his revenge. Arguably Kobayashi's masterpiece, this savage attack on the hypocrisy, cowardice, cruelty, and ultimate emptiness of the institution of the samurai warrior features one of Nakadai's greatest performances as the disturbingly intense swordsman.
This is the only Akira Ishihama video. Harakiri | List Price | $39.95 (You save $8.70) | | Studio | Criterion Collection | | Orig Year | 1962 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  17231  | | CD Universe Part number | 6881433 | | Catalog number | 110 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Aug 23, 2005 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Also Known As | Seppuku; Masaki Kobayashi's Harakiri | | Running Time | 133 Minutes | | Additional Info | Black & White; Subtitled | | Movie Details | Color; Black & White; Subtitled; Optional English Subtitles |
Harakiri Movie Review  Incredible Movie
I would say that this is definitely one of the best, if not the best, movies about samurai. It is unlike many other samurai movies that involve a lot of running around and really crazy fight sequences. The fighting in this movie is realistic and it tells a very powerful story, the plot and drama of this movie overwhelmed me. If you do not know anything about samurai and the Code of the samurai, then it will be difficult for you to experience the full impact of this movie. However, this movie shows us the ways of our prejudice, and it also undertakes concepts of justice. I believe it is a great movie in almost any way you look at it. But you really have to watch it to experience it, reading reviews about such a movie don't help much.
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HARA KIRI
HARA KIRI(SEPPUKU IN JAPAN)IS ONE THE GREATEST FILMS EVER.THIS FILM WITH TATSUYA NAKADAI ESTABLISHED AS ITS ANTIHERO A NEW ARCHETYPE LATER DEVELOPED BY CLINT EASTWOOD AND BRUCE LEE TO A LESSER DEGREE.EACH FRAME OF THE FILM EXUDES THE INTANGIBLE EXPRESSION OF INNER TENSION AND PRISTINE PRIMAL FORCES INHERENT IN ZEN BUT PRESENT IN ALL UNIVERSAL ARCHETYPES. A POETIC VISUAL TOUR DE FORCE!
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This review is for a different format.  One of the Worst movies I have ever seen
This movie was just bad. I had to watch it for my Japan History class and the movie was long and went no where. The best part of the movie was the fight in the end but that was rather sad.
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Harakiri DVD Region 1
Note: This is a new, restored High-Definition Digital Transfer with new and improved English subtitle translation.
Keep Case
Full Frame -
1.33
Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
Dolby Digital Mono - Japanese
Additional Release Material:
Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer
Video Interviews:
1. Tatsuya Nakadai - Actor/Shinobu Hashimoto - Screenwriter
Video Introduction:
1. Donald Richie - Japanese Film Historian
Text/Photo Galleries:
Poster Gallery
Reprint Of 1972 Interview With Kobayashi
Additional Products:
32 Page Booklet With An Essay By John Mellen - Film Scholar
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