Harakiri

About Harakiri

Down-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemployed, and with no family, he hopes to find a place to commit seppuku—and a worthy second to deliver the coup de grâce in his suicide ritual.

Masaki Kobayashi's Harakiri is a 1962 history film. At 135 minutes long, it arrived in September 1962.

Tatsuya Nakadai stars as Hanshiro Tsugumo, Akira Ishihama as Motome Chijiiwa, Shima Iwashita as Miho Tsugumo, and Tetsuro Tamba as Hikokuro Omodaka. Written by Shinobu Hashimoto. It was produced by Shochiku.

Shelv files it under complex, philosophical, complicated, and distressing. American members can watch it on Criterion Channel.

13 Assassins, Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai, and Seven Samurai make useful companions to Harakiri, all filed under bakumatsu, edo period, and japan. It scores 8.5 out of 10 from 1,313 TMDB voters and it carries a NR rating.