Harakiri
- Released on
- Runtime
- 135 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Tatsuya Nakadai
- Akira Ishihama
- Shima Iwashita
- Tetsuro Tamba
- Masao Mishima
- Ichirō Nakatani
- Kei Satō
- Yoshio Inaba
- Hisashi Igawa
- Tōru Takeuchi
- Yoshirō Aoki
- Tatsuo Matsumura
- Akiji Kobayashi
- Kōichi Hayashi
- Ryūtarō Gomi
- Jo Azumi
- Nakajirō Tomita
- Shichisaburo Amatsu
- Kenzō Tanaka
- Shin Nakahara
- Tsuneo Ikeda
- Minoru Miyagi
- Takaaki Kadota
- Ichiro Yamamoto
- Gen Takasugi
- Satoshi Nishida
- Tetsuro Komiyama
- Shûichirô Narita
- Noboru Kasuga
- Shinpachi Kura
- Kenji Hayashi
- Shōtarō Hayashi
- Shimezo Kataoka
- Bunya Ozawa
- Konosuke Takemoto
- Rentaro Mikuni
Director
- Masaki Kobayashi
Producers
- Tatsuo Hosoya
Screenwriter
- Shinobu Hashimoto
