Harakiri (1962)
Harakiri (1962)
Plot.
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. The senior counselor for the Iyi clan questions the ronin’s resolve and integrity, suspecting Hanshirō of seeking charity rather than an honorable end. What follows is a pair of interlocking stories which lay bare the difference between honor and respect, and promises to examine the legendary foundations of the Samurai code.
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Cast & Crew.
Tatsuya Nakadai
Hanshiro Tsugumo
Akira Ishihama
Motome Chijiiwa
Shima Iwashita
Miho Tsugumo
Tetsurō Tamba
Hikokuro Omodaka
Masao Mishima
Tango Inaba
Ichirō Nakatani
Hayato Yazaki
Kei Satō
Masakazu
Yoshio Inaba
Jinai Chijiiwa
Hisashi Igawa
Retainer
Tōru Takeuchi
Retainer
Yoshirō Aoki
Rentaro Mikuni
Kageyu Saito
Shinobu Hashimoto
Screenplay
Toru Takemitsu
Original Music Composer
Masaki Kobayashi
Director
Gin'ichi Kishimoto
Associate Producer
Hideo Nishizaki
Sound
Yoshio Miyajima
Director of Photography
Hisashi Sagara
Editor
Shigemasa Toda
Art Direction
Yasuhiko Takiguchi
Novel
Yoshiko Kimura
Hairstylist
Junpei Oosumi
Art Direction
Zenichi Tajiri
Set Decoration
Mitsuzô Ueda
Costume Design
Gyôuemon Kimura
Hairstylist
Kôji Niwa
Assistant Director
Tatsuo Hosoya
Producer
Akiji Kobayashi
Tatsuo Matsumura
Shichisaburo Amatsu
Minoru Miyagi
Takaaki Kadota
Ichiro Yamamoto
Shōtarō Hayashi
Kōichi Hayashi
Ryūtarō Gomi
Kenji Hayashi
Shimezo Kataoka
Bunya Ozawa
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 15, 1962
Original Name切腹
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 15m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Wiki.
Harakiri (切腹, Seppuku, 1962) 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 best samurai pictures ever made.
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