Harakiri (Hara-Kiri) (1962)

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harakiri (hara-kiri)

ORIGINAL TITLE

Seppuku (Harakiri)

YEAR

1962

RUNNING TIME

133 min.

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COUNTRY

(New) Visual section

DIRECTOR

Masaki Kobayashi

SCREENWRITER

Shinobu Hashimoto (Story: Yasuhiko Takiguchi)

COMPOSER

Tôru Takemitsu

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Yoshio Miyajima (B&W)

CAST

Tatsuya Nakadai, Rentaro Mikuni, Shima Iwashita, Akira Ishihama, Yoshio Inaba, Jo Azumi, Yoshio Aoki, Akiji Kobayashi, Masao Mishima, Ichirô Nakaya, Tetsuro Tamba, Kei Sato

STUDIO/PRODUCER

Shochiku Kinema Kenkyû-jo

AWARDS

1963: Cannes: Jury Special Prize (ex-aqueo with "Az prijde kocour")

GENRE

Drama | The 17th Century. Feudal Japan. Samurai films

SYNOPSIS/PLOT

A searing denunciation of the abuse of power, and the contradictions and hypocrisies of the warrior code of feudal Japan. With savage irony, Kobayashi comments also on the perversion of history when it is recorded exclusively by the victors in a struggle for power. A ronin or masterless samurai requests permission to commit an honorable ritual suicide at the home of a powerful but sadistic warlord. Through extended flashbacks and stunning widescreen cinematography, Kobayashi tells the tale of why this is necessary and how it is done in a narrative that is as gripping as the finest modern detective story.

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