Harakiri
The world has never understood why the Japanese prefer death to dishonor! Winner of Prix Special du Jury at Cannes 1963 provides the answer!!
Synopsis:
Aging samurai Hanshiro Tsugumo arrives at the home of Kageyu Saito and asks to commit a ritual suicide on the property, which Saito thinks is a ploy to gain pity and a job. Saito tells Tsugumo of another samurai, Motome Chijiiwa, who threatened suicide as a stratagem, only to be forced to follow through on the task. When Tsugumo reveals that Chijiiwa was his son-in-law, the disclosure sets off a fierce conflict.
Director
Kôji Niwa, Masaki Kobayashi
Stars
Akira Ishihama, Hisashi Igawa, Ichirô Nakatani, Kei Satō, Masao Mishima, Rentarô Mikuni, Shima Iwashita, Tatsuya Nakadai, Tōru Takeuchi, Yoshio Inaba
Popularity
11.824
Status
Released
ID IMDb.com
tt0056058
ID Themoviedb.org
14537
TMDb Rating
8.3
TMDb votes
327