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

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)

Trailer

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