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Harakiri
- Original title
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Seppuku (Harakiri) aka
- AKA
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- Year
- 1962
- Running time
- 133 min.
- Country
Japan
- Director
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Masaki Kobayashi
- Screenwriter
Shinobu Hashimoto (Story: Yasuhiko Takiguchi)
- Music
Tôru Takemitsu
- Cinematography
Yoshio Miyajima (B&W)
- Cast
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Tatsuya Nakadai,
Rentarô Mikuni,
Akira Ishihama,
Shima Iwashita,
Tetsurô Tanba,
Masao Mishima,
Ichirô Nakatani,
Kei Satô,
Yoshio Inaba,
Hisashi Igawa,
Tôru Takeuchi,
Yoshirô Aoki,
Tatsuo Matsumura,
Akiji Kobayashi,
Kôichi Hayashi,
Ryûtarô Gomi,
Jô Azumi,
Nakajirô Tomita,
Shichisaburô Amatsu,
Kenzô Tanaka,
Shin Nakahara,
Tsuneo Ikeda,
Minoru Miyagi,
Takaaki Kadota,
Satoshi Nishida,
Tetsurô Komiyama,
Shûichirô Narita,
Noboru Kasuga
- Producer
Shochiku Kinema Kenkyû-jo / Shôchiku Eiga
- Genre
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Drama | 17th Century. Feudal Japan. Samurai. Cult Movie
- Synopsis / Plot
- A ronin, a masterless samurai, requests permission to commit an honorable ritual suicide at the home of a powerful but sadistic warlord. The warlord is reluctant to permit this as he has been recently deceived by another ronin, who was trying to obtain charity from the house. This ronin, however, is permitted to tell the story of how he came to be in such a situation.
- Awards
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1963: Cannes: Jury Special Prize (ex-aqueo with "Az prijde kocour")
- Critics' reviews
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"A devastating, emotionally intense critique of the feudal system's hypocrisy and the warrior's code"
Colin Covert: Minneapolis Star Tribune
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