Harakiri : Seppuku /
Harakiri 切腹 /
Peace in 17th-century Japan causes the Shogunate's breakup of warrior clans, throwing thousands of samurai out of work and into poverty. An honorable end to such fate under the samurai code is ritual suicide, or hara-kiri.
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Format: | Video DVD |
Language: | Japanese |
Language Notes: | In Japanese with optional English subtitles. |
Published: |
[United States] :
Home Vision Enertainment : Janus Films,
[2005]
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Series: | Criterion collection ;
302. |
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Summary: | Peace in 17th-century Japan causes the Shogunate's breakup of warrior clans, throwing thousands of samurai out of work and into poverty. An honorable end to such fate under the samurai code is ritual suicide, or hara-kiri. |
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Item Description: | Originally released as a motion picture in 1962. Based on the novel Ibun rōninki by Takiguchi Yasuhiko. Title from container. A foreign film (Japan) Booklet includes an essay by film scholar Joan Mellen and a reprint of her 1972 interview with Kobayashi. Widescreen presentation. Aspect ratio 2.35:1. Not rated. Special features: disc 1: introduction by Japanese-film historian Donald Richie; original theatrical trailer; disc 2: interview with director Masaki Kobayashi conducted by filmmaker Masahiro Shinoda; interviews with star Tatsuya Nakadai and screenwriter Shinobu Hashimoto; poster gallery. Videorecording. |
Physical Description: | 2 videodiscs (133 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet. |
Format: | DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital mono. |
Production Credits: | Cinematography, Yoshio Miyajima ; music, Toru Takemitsu. |
ISBN: | 0780030060 9780780030060 |