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Harakiri (Dual Format Edition)

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Masaki Kobayashi directs this classic jidai-geki samurai drama set in 17th-century Japan.

 

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Of all Masaki Kobayashi's attacks on the cruelty and inhumanity perpetrated by authoritarian power (including The Human Condition and Samurai Rebellion), perhaps none are more brilliant than his visceral, mesmerising Harakiri [aka Seppuku].

In a magnificent performance, Tatsuya Nakadai (Yojimbo, The Face of Another, Ran) stars as Hanshiro Tsugumo, a masterless down-and-out samurai who enters the manor of Lord Iyi, requesting to commit ritual suicide on his property. Suspected of simply fishing for charity, Hanshiro is told the gruesome tale of the last samurai who made the same request but Hanshiro will not be moved...

With its intricate structure and pressure-cooker atmosphere, Kobayashi's first jidai-geki period drama is a full-scale demolition job of samurai ideals and feudal hypocrisy, filmed with artistry and surgical precision, and scored by celebrated composer Toru Takemitsu. Adapted from the same source novel in 2011 by notorious auteur Takashi Miike, the original winner of the 1963 Special Jury Prize at Cannes still stands as a startling moment in Japanese cinema.

Extras
  • New, officially licensed, Shochiku high-definition transfer (1080p on Blu-ray)
  • New and improved English subtitle translation
  • Original theatrical trailer
  • Excerpt from a 1993 Directors Guild of Japan interview with Masaki Kobayashi discussing the film with director Masahiro Shinoda
  • An illustrated 28-page booklet featuring a new essay by film critic Philip Kemp, a 1963 interview with Kobayashi, and rare archival production stills
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SKU 5060000700343
Catalogue Number EKA70034
Product contents 2 discs
Year 1962
Director Masaki Kobayashi
Format DVD, Blu-Ray
Publisher(s) Eureka!
Countries Japan
Sound Dolby Mono
Subtitles English
Language(s) Japanese
Running time 133 mins
Blu-ray region B
Certificate 15
BFICID_ID 150053957
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