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Movie: Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai

Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai Romaji: Ichimei

Ichimei Japanese: 一命

一命 Director: Takashi Miike

Takashi Miike Assistant Director: Ryosuke Kanesaki

Ryosuke Kanesaki Writer: Yasuhiko Takiguchi, Kikumi Yamagishi

Yasuhiko Takiguchi, Kikumi Yamagishi Producer: Toshiaki Nakazawa, Jeremy Thomas

Toshiaki Nakazawa, Jeremy Thomas Cinematographer: Nobuyasu Kita

Nobuyasu Kita World Premiere: May, 2011 (Cannes Film Festival)

May, 2011 (Cannes Film Festival) Release Date: October 15, 2011

October 15, 2011 Runtime: 126 min.

126 min. Genre: Period Drama

Period Drama Production Company: Shochiku

Shochiku Distributor: Shochiku

Shochiku Language: Japanese

Japanese Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Set during the 17th century when the samurai class struggled to find work.

Poverty-strickenn samurai Hanshiro (Ebizo Ichikawa) enters the House of Ii, run by Kageyu (Koji Yakusho), and requests to commit seppuku (suicide by disembowelment) in their courtyard. Kageyu believes Hanshiro is bluffing and tells the tale of Motome (Eita), a young ronin who last came into the House of Ii and asked for the same thing. To dissuade others from extorting handouts from their group, they called Motome's bluff and forced him to commit seppuku with a dull bamboo sword he carried.

Hanshiro undeterred by Kageyu asks for the House’s top samurai to assist him, but they are absent. Hanshiro then makes one last request, setting in motion a showdown driven by revenge ...

Notes

Remake of 1962 film "Harakiri"(Seppuku), directed by Masaki Kobayashi. "Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai" is the first jidaigeki (period drama) film shot in 3D.

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