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Harakiri is a japonais film of genre Drama directed by Masaki Kobayashi released in USA on 11 september 1963 with Tatsuya Nakadai
Harakiri (1962)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 11 september 1963
Length 2h15
Directed by Masaki Kobayashi
OriginJapon
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Films about suicide, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Rating85%
Harakiri (切腹, seppuku, 1962. For the difference between the terms harakiri（腹切り） and seppuku(切腹) see etymology) is a Japanese jidaigeki (period-drama) film directed by Masaki Kobayashi. The story takes place between 1619 and 1630 during the Edo period and the reign of the Tokugawa shogunate. It tells the story of Hanshirō Tsugumo, a warrior without a lord. At the time, it was common for masterless samurai, or rōnin, to request to commit hara kiri in the palace courtyard in the hope of receiving alms from the remaining feudal lords.
Synopsis
Edo, 1630. Tsugumo Hanshirō arrives at the estate of the Ii clan and says that he wishes to commit seppuku within the courtyard of the palace. To deter him Saitō Kageyu (Rentarō Mikuni), the Daimyo's senior counselor, tells Hanshirō the story of another rōnin, Chijiiwa Motome – formerly of the same clan as Hanshirō.Actors
Tatsuya Nakadai
(Hanshiro Tsugumo)
Rentarō Mikuni
(Kageyu Saito)
Shima Iwashita
(Miho Tsugumo)
Kei Satō
(Masakazu)
Hisashi Igawa
(Retainer)
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