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HARAKIRI

Seppuku

Directed by Masaki Kobayashi
Japan, 1962
Action, Drama
  • 133133 minutes

Synopsis

In 17th Century feudal Japan, master-less samurai Hanshirō Tsugumo requests to commit harakiri at the manor of Lord Iyi, but he is dissuaded when he is told the story of another soldier who made the same request.

Synopsis

In 17th Century feudal Japan, master-less samurai Hanshirō Tsugumo requests to commit harakiri at the manor of Lord Iyi, but he is dissuaded when he is told the story of another soldier who made the same request.