Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011)
- Original title
- 一命
- Directed by
- Takashi Miike
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United Kingdom, Japan
- Runtime
- 2h 06m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 206 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A ronin arrives at a feudal lord's estate to request permission to commit ritual suicide. He tells a story that reveals the harsh realities behind the samurai code of honor.
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What happens
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (一命, Ichimei) is a 2011 Japanese 3D jidaigeki drama film directed by Takashi Miike. It was produced by Jeremy Thomas and Toshiaki Nakazawa, who previously teamed with Miike on his 2010 film 13 Assassins. The film is a 3D remake of Masaki Kobayashi's 1962 film Harakiri. It premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, the first 3D film to do so. The Village Voice's Michael Atkinson praised it describing it as "a melodramatic deepening and a grisly doubling-down of Kobayashi's great original". Composer and pop star Ryuichi Sakamoto wrote the original score. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji (1955)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.