Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai

Name: Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 2011-10-15T00:00:00.000Z
Rating: 7.194

About Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai

A tale of revenge, honor and disgrace, centering on a poverty-stricken samurai who discovers the fate of his ronin son-in-law, setting in motion a tense showdown of vengeance against the house of a feudal lord.

Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai is a 2011 history film directed by Takashi Miike. Its themes are poverty, samurai, jidaigeki, and honor.

Koji Yakusho appears as Kageyu, Ichikawa Ebizo XI as Hanshirô Tsugumo, Eita Nagayama as Motome, and Hikari Mitsushima as Miho. Released in October 2011, it runs 128 minutes.

The screenplay is by Kikumi Yamagishi. Produced by Sedic International. It streams on ARROW, MUBI, and MUBI Amazon Channel in the United States.

13 Assassins, Harakiri, and Yojimbo make useful companions to Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai, all filed under code of honor, harakiri, and japan. TMDB voters put it at 7.2 out of 10 across 214 votes and it carries a NR rating.