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Gylfi Reynisson
2Feb12
Right there with Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, Ozu's Tokyo Story and Mizoguchi's Ugetso. Brilliant film, highly recommended
Enrique
17Jan12
Obra maestra! Una crítica mordaz contra las estructuras de poder. Desacraliza por completo uno de los patrimonios más importantes dentro de la nación japonesa y deja ver la hipocresía y corrupción que impera en el código samurái. Las tomas exaltan el carácter de las escenas y te hacen ser parte de la angustia que viven los personajes: la parte en la que Chijiwa se da muerte con la espada de bambú es aterradora.
Howard Orr
7Jan12
Another New Wave film about quashed rebellion. The forced bamboo sword harakiri scene is one of the ultimate wince-inducing, watch-through-your-fingers scenes in cinema.
Andre Rehal
5Dec11
I loved this movie. I can't believe it took me this long to see it, very socially relevant material.
Fábio Gomes
20Nov11
A true Tatsuya Nakadai tour-de-force. Kobayashi delivers a brilliant narrative for a great tragedy that would certainly make Shakespeare envious.
ana kinukawa
5Jul11
a movie which deals perfectly with such an intense theme for the japanese people: honor. what makes honor something good and what turns it into shame? there's a delicate line between honor and shame. 'harakiri' just displays how fragile it can be.
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Manuel Bernardo
23May11
A distressing portrayal of 17th century Japan, its grim poverty and the hypocrisy and callousness of the Samurai rulers, which intends a broader meaning (WW2 wink wink). The story is simple but smartly wrought. The film draws its pulse from the director's visual insight and keen control of tension. It falls short of greatness due to the last half hour, which wears down the plot with some overexposition of the themes.
JP. Schmidt
28Dec10
The first film I've seen shot by Miyajima and I can clearly sense he will become a DP to study. The lighting in this film is some of the most perfectly executed I have ever seen. However if for nothing else I will remember this film for its lighting and expert execution as one of the finest looking black and white features I have seen. That is to not down grade the performances and the near pitch perfect direction.
Zachary George Najarian-Najafi
9Nov10
Like Kwaidan my issues with Harakiri rested in its pacing. Kobayashi veers from an excruciatingly slow pace to a really tense and quick one that's too all over the place. Also he veers from being very stagy to intensely cinematic. However, the film still gripped me and it was an engaging ride all the way through. I can safely recommend this to any samurai fan.
Gondo
30Sep10
It is almost impossible to call it a "Masterpiece" because the term has been used countles times that it does not have the same impact as it used to have. Harakiri deserves somthing much more. An altar maybe? Though I don't have one right now at hand. Well then let me just say that Kobayshi has made a Movie that will always stay with me. I hope thats enough.
VENIMOS LOS JODIMOS Y NOS FUIMOS
26Aug10
Filmada con el rigor y la inteligencia caracteristicos del director Masaki Kobayashi, esta sangrienta y magistral pelìcula presenta una mirada de total desencanto y ferozmente critica sobre un tema tan caro al cine japonès como lo son los estrictos codigos de honor y el mito del guerrero samurai. Las notables actuaciones y la enorme atenciòn que el cineasta presta a los entornos la ubican entre lo mejor de Kobayashi.
