Harakiri (1962)
aka Sepuku
Genre: Drama | Mystery
Country: Japan | Director: Masaki Kobayashi
Language: Japanese | Subtitles: English (Optional, embedded in Mkv file)
Aspect ratio: Widescreen 1.85:1 | Length: 133mn
Bdrip H264 Mkv – 1920×820 – 23.976fps – 5.06gb
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056058/
A samurai, Hanshiro Tsugumo, arrives at the house of the Iyi Clan with an unusual request. Due to his circumstances, he wishes to commit harakiri, ritual suicide, in the courtyard of the house. Turns out this is not such an unusual request: the clan has had such requests before, though the requestor’s intentions weren’t always honourable. The Clan elder tells Tsugumo the story of the last samurai who made the request and how that ended. Will he still go through with it?
Thank you so much! Do you have Kobayashi’s other period drama “Samurai Rebellion” (1967)? Thanks again.
A Japanese classic, intricately wrapped inside a hidden motives mystery. Also gives revelatory insight to Westerners about the period’s Samurai clan society and norms. For anyone open to such films, not to be missed !