Hara-Kiri
Drama
DirectorMasaki Kobayashi
ProducerTatsuo Hosoya
ScreenwriterShinobu Hashimoto
Release Date DateAug 4, 1964, Original
LanguageJapanese
Runtime2h 15m
Introduction
Aging samurai Hanshiro Tsugumo (Tatsuya Nakadai) arrives at the home of Kageyu Saito (Rentarô Mikuni) and asks to commit a ritual suicide on the property, which Saito thinks is a ploy to gain pity and a job. Saito tells Tsugumo of another samurai, Motome Chijiiwa (Yoshio Inaba), who threatened suicide as a stratagem, only to be forced to follow through on the task. When Tsugumo reveals that Chijiiwa was his son-in-law, the disclosure sets off a fierce conflict.
Critics Reviews
Wael Khairy4.4
335
Roger Ebert5
329
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