Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Takashi Miike
Ebizô Ichikawa
Hikari Mitsushima
Naoto Takenaka
Munetaka Aoki
Kôji Yakusho
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Synopsis
In the 17th century, masterless and poverty-stricken samurai Hanshiro requests to commit hara-kiri (ritual suicide involving self-inflicted disembowelment) in the courtyard of feudal lord Kageyu's estate. Wanting to dismiss Hanshiro's wish, Kageyu recounts the tragic story of a young ronin named Motome who years earlier made a similar plea. However, Kageyu is unaware that a deep bond exists between Hanshiro and Motome.
Director
Takashi Miike
Crew
Tatsuro Hatanaka
Toru Hattori
Yo Hattori
Yoshio Irie
Nobuyasu Kita
Hiroaki Kitano
Kazuko Kurosawa
Tomoko Machida
Toshiaki Nakazawa
Suketsugo Noda
Akemiko Noguchi
Eiichi Noguchi
Toshiaki Okuno
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Shingo Sekine
Toichiro Shiraishi
Yasuhiko Takiguchi
Jeremy Thomas
Yasushi Uchida
Kikumi Yamagishi
Kenji Yamashita
Kensuke Zushi
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Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival.
Limited Release in United States July 20, 2012
Released in United States on Video January 22, 2013
Video on Demand in United States July 18, 2012
Shown at Cannes Film Festival May 1963.
Shown at Montreal World Film Festival August 1963.
Released in United States on Video January 22, 2013
Remake of "Harakiri" (Japan/1962) directed by Masaki Kobayashi.
Shown at New York Film Festival September 12, 1963.
Video on Demand in United States July 18, 2012
Limited Release in United States July 20, 2012
