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.
| Directed by | Masaki Kobayashi |
|---|---|
| Produced by | Tatsuo Hosoya |
| Written by | Shinobu Hashimoto Yasuhiko Takiguchi |
| Starring | Tatsuya Nakadai Rentaro Mikuni Shima Iwashita Akira Ishihama |
| Distributed by | Shochiku |
| Release date(s) | September 16, 1962(Japan) |
| Running time | 135 min. |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
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where is the versions or movie?
Most of Japanese movies listed here are just text review.. ????
no they were here once, we had a server move half a year ago and lost 60% of our files, its been a slow process putting it back together
shown me the pictures.
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