Harakiri, Special Edition, 2 Disc
Harakiri, Japan 1962, Criterion Collection
Harakiri, Special Edition, 2 Disc
Aka:
Land: Japan 1962
Release: USA
Genre: Jidaigeki
Lz: 133 Minuten
Bild: NTSC, 2.35:1, B&W, anamorph
Ton: Japanisch DD Mono, Audiokommentar (optional)
Untertitel: Englisch
Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Tetsuro Tamba, Rentaro Mikuni, Shima Iwashita
Directed: Masaki Kobayashi
Extras:
Disc 1:
- Exclusive Video Introduction by Japanese film Historian Donald Richie
- Original Theatrical Trailer
Disc 2:
- Rare excerpt of a Director's Guild of Japan
- Video Interview with Director Masaki Kobayashi, conducted by filmmaker Masahiro Shinoda (Double Suicide)
- New Video Interviews with Star Tatsuya Nakadai and Screenwriter Shinobu Hashimoto
- Poster Gallery
- Plus: 32-page Booklet featuring a New Essay by Film Scholar Joan Mellen and a reprint of her 1972 Interview with Kobayashi
Publisher: Criterion
Regioncode: 1
Product-ID: JCUS086 Availability: In stock |
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Synopsis
Following the collapse of his clan, unemployed samurai Hanshiro Tsugumo (Tatsuya Nakadai) arrives at the manor of Lord Iyi, begging to commit ritual suicide on his property. Iyi's clansmen, believing the desperate ronin is merely angling for charity, try to force him to eviscerate himself - but they have underestimated his honor and his past. Winner of the 1963 Cannes Film Festival's Special Jury Prize, Masaki Kobayashi's 'Harakiri' is a scathing denouncement of feudal authority and hypocrisy.