Harakiri
A destitute ronin demands the right to perform seppuku in a powerful lord’s manor, only to face a skeptical senior counselor who suspects his motives and threatens to expose the hollow veneer of samurai honor.
“What befalls others today, may be your own fate tomorrow.”
Synopsis
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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Edited by Hisashi SagaraShot by Yoshio MiyajimaScored by Toru Takemitsu
Also known as
- Harakiride
- Harakirien
- Hara-kirifr
- Seppukoja
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44 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Tatsuya Nakadai
as Tsugumo Hanshirô
Akira Ishihama
as Chijiiwa Motome
Shima Iwashita
as Tsugumo Miho
Tetsuro Tanba
as Omodaka Hikokurô
Tetsuro Tamba
as Hikokuro Omodaka
Masao Mishima
as Inaba Tango
Ichiro Nakatani
as Yazaki Hayato
Kei Sato
as Fukushima Masakatsu
Yoshio Inaba
as Chijiiwa Jinnai
Hisashi Igawa
as Ii Clan Retainer
Toru Takeuchi
as Ii Clan Retainer
Yoshiro Aoki
Supporting cast
25Tatsuo Matsumura
Akiji Kobayashi
Koichi Hayashi
Ryutaro Gomi
Jo Azumi
Nakajiro Tomita
Shichisaburo Amatsu
Kenzo Tanaka
Shin Nakahara
Tsuneo Ikeda
Minoru Miyagi
Takaaki Kadota
Ichiro Yamamoto
Gen Takasugi
Satoshi Nishida
Tetsuro Komiyama
Shuichiro Narita
Noboru Kasuga
Shinpachi Kura
Kenji Hayashi
Shotaro Hayashi
Shimezo Kataoka
Bunya Ozawa
Konosuke Takemoto
Rentaro Mikuni
as Kageyu Saito
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