An unusual request for ritual suicide on a feudal lord's property leads to the unwinding of a greater mystery that challenges the clan's integrity.
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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 | The Criterion Collection |
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| Packaging | Keep Case |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Screen Ratios | Theatrical Widescreen (2.35:1) |
| Audio Tracks | PCM Stereo [Japanese] SUB [English] |
| Subtitles | English |
| Distributor | Criterion |
| Edition Release Date | Oct 04, 2011 |
| Regions | Region A |
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| Quantity | 1 |
| Index | 2351 |
| Added Date | Dec 26, 2020 15:12:21 |
| Modified Date | Jun 12, 2022 00:35:07 |
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Following the collapse of his clan, an unemployed samurai (Tatsuya Nakadai) arrives at the manor of Lord Iyi, begging to be allowed to commit ritual suicide on the property. Iyi’s clansmen, believing the desperate ronin is merely angling for a new position, try to force his hand and get him to eviscerate himself-but they have underestimated his beliefs and his personal brand of honor. Winner of the Cannes Film Festival’s Special Jury Prize, Harakiri, directed by Masaki Kobayashi is a fierce evocation of individual agency in the face of a corrupt and hypocritical system.
SPECIAL FEATURES
New, restored high-definition digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
Video introduction by Japanese-film historian Donald Richie
Excerpt from a rare Directors Guild of Japan video interview with director Masaki Kobayashi, moderated by filmmaker Masahiro Shinoda
Video interviews with star Tatsuya Nakadai and screenwriter Shinobu Hashimoto
Original theatrical trailer
Poster gallery (DVD only)
New English subtitle translation
PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by film scholar Joan Mellen and a reprint of Mellen’s 1972 interview with Kobayashi
New cover by Miriam Bossard and Trix Barmettler
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