1962
Drama | Foreign
Japan | Japanese | Color | 02:15
Seppuku
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.
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Tatsuya Nakadai | Hanshiro Tsugumo |
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Akira Ishihama | Motome Chijiiwa |
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Shima Iwashita | Miho Tsugumo |
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Tetsuro Tamba | Hikokuro Omodaka |
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Masao Mishima | Tango Inaba |
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Ichirô Nakatani | Hayato Yazaki |
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Kei Sato | Masakazu |
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Yoshio Inaba | Jinai Chijiiwa |
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Hisashi Igawa | Retainer |
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Toru Takeuchi | Retainer |
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Yoshirô Aoki | Umenosuke Kawabe |
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Tatsuo Matsumura | Seibei |
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Akiji Kobayashi | Ii Clan Retainer |
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Kôichi Hayashi | |
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Ryutaro Gomi | General |
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Jo Azumi | Ichiro Shimmen |
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Nakajiro Tomita | |
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Shichisaburo Amatsu | Retainer |
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Kenzo Tanaka | |
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Shin Nakahara | |
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Tsuneo Ikeda | |
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Minoru Miyagi | |
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Takaaki Kadota | |
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Ichirô Yuki | |
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Gen Takasugi |
| Director | Masaki Kobayashi |
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| Writer | Yasuhiko Takiguchi, Shinobu Hashimoto | |
| Producer | Tatsuo Hosoya, Gin'ichi Kishimoto, Makoto Naito, Tsugio Saitô | |
| Musician | Tôru Takemitsu | |
| Photography | Yoshio Miyajima | |
| Edition | Criterion |
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| Packaging | Custom Case |
| Nr Discs | 2 |
| Screen Ratios | Anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1) |
| Audio Tracks | SUB [English] PCM [Japanese] |
| Subtitles | English |
| Edition Release Date | Oct 04, 2011 |
| Regions | A |