Harakiri (Cinema XXL)

Cinema XXL



Harakiri

Seppuku Japon 1962 | Masaki Kobayashi | vostEN | 133’ | 35mm | Cast : Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Ishihama, Shima Iwashita

► Prix spécial du Jury, Festival de Cannes 1963

In 1630, in Japan's former imperial capital, Tsugumo, a samurai, requests an audience to seek the honor of performing ritual suicide before his peers, rather than living in poverty and disgrace.

« This stunning film is a somber tragedy giving off deep rage against militarism, political systems, and beliefs. It is technically audacious in its cutting on various levels of past and present. Its acting has the right stern, bigger-than-life quality. » (Variety)