Harakiri ( Seppuku )

Harakiri (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Seppuku
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Subtitles )
Japanese ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/NTSC/Region 0 )

Running Time:
133 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1962 and produced in:
Japan ( India, Eastern Asia )

Directed By:
Masaki Kobayashi

Written By:
Yasuhiko Takiguchi

Shinobu Hashimoto

Actors:
Tatsuya Nakadai ..... Hanshiro Tsugumo
Akira Ishihama ..... Motome Chijiiwa
Shima Iwashita ..... Miho Tsugumo
Tetsurô Tanba ..... Hikokuro Omodaka
Masao Mishima ..... Tango Inaba
Ichirô Nakatani ..... Hayato Yazaki
Kei Satô ..... Masakazu
Yoshio Inaba ..... Jinai Chijiiwa
Hisashi Igawa ..... Retainer
Tôru Takeuchi ..... Retainer
Yoshirô Aoki ..... Umenosuke Kawabe
Tatsuo Matsumura ..... Seibei
Akiji Kobayashi ..... Ii Clan Retainer
Kôichi Hayashi ..... General
Ryûtarô Gomi ..... Ichiro Shimmen
Jô Azumi ..... Retainer
Nakajirô Tomita
Shichisaburô Amatsu ..... Kageyu Saito
Kenzô Tanaka
Shin Nakahara
Tsuneo Ikeda
Minoru Miyagi
Takaaki Kadota
Ichirô Yûki
Gen Takasugi
Satoshi Nishida
Tetsurô Komiyama
Shûichirô Narita
Noboru Kasuga
Kenji Hayashi
Shôtarô Hayashi
Shimezô Kataoka
Fumiya Ozawa
Kônosuke Takemoto
Rentarô Mikuni

Synopsis:

Peace in 17th-century Japan causes the Shogunate's breakup of warrior clans, throwing thousands of samurai out of work and into poverty. An honorable end to such fate under the samurai code is ritual suicide, or hara-kiri (self-inflicted disembowelment). An elder warrior, Hanshiro Tsugumo (Tatsuya Nakadai) seeks admittance to the house of a feudal lord to commit the act. There, he learns of the fate of his son-in-law, a young samurai who sought work at the house but was instead barbarically forced to commit traditional hara-kiri in an excruciating manner with a dull bamboo blade. In flashbacks the samurai tells the tragic story of his son-in-law, and how he was forced to sell his real sword to support his sick wife and child. Tsugumo thus sets in motion a tense showdown of revenge against the house.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 04 January, 2020.