Harakiri (1962)
With Tatsuya Nakadai, Kei Satō, Rentarō Mikuni, Shima Iwashita, Tetsurō Tamba, Yoshio Inaba, Akiji Kobayashi, Akira Ishihama
Directed by Masaki Kobayashi
Harakiri (Japanese: 切腹, Hepburn: Seppuku) is a 1962 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Masaki Kobayashi. The story takes place between 1619 and 1630 during the Edo period and the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate. It tells the story of the rōnin Hanshirō Tsugumo, who requests to commit seppuku (harakiri) within the manor of a local feudal lord, using the opportunity to explain the events that drove him to ask for death before an audience of samurai. The film continues to receive critical acclaim, often considered one of the greatest films of all time.
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