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4 August 1964 (USA) morePlot:
Peace in 17th-century Japan causes the Shogunate's breakup of warrior clans, throwing thousands of samurai out of work and into poverty... more | full synopsisAwards:
8 wins & 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
Great movie moreCast
(Credited cast) | Tatsuya Nakadai | ... | Hanshiro Tsugumo |
| Rentaro Mikuni | ... | Kageyu Saito |
| Shima Iwashita | ... | Miho Tsugumo |
| Akira Ishihama | ... | Motome Chijiiwa |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Shichisaburo Amatsu | ... | Retainer |
| Yoshio Aoki | ... | Umenosuke Kawabe |
| Jo Azumi | ... | Ichiro Shimmen |
| Hisashi Igawa | ... | Retainer |
| Yoshio Inaba | ... | Jinai Chijiiwa |
| Akiji Kobayashi | (as Shôji Kobayashi) | |
| Masao Mishima | ... | Tango Inaba |
| Ichirô Nakaya | ... | Hayato Yazaki |
| Kei Sato | ... | Masakazu |
| Ryo Takeuchi | ... | Retainer |
| Tetsuro Tamba | ... | Hikokuro Omodaka |
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133 minCountry:
JapanLanguage:
JapaneseColor:
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2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Seppuku and harakiri (the US working title) both mean to commit ritual suicide in Japanese. However, seppuku is the formal term, derived from the kanji characters for "hara" (belly) and "kiri" (cut); harakiri is the cruder, less polite term for this act. moreFAQ
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When I first saw this movie, I did not know much about it. I saw it for a class so I was given a little background of the time period. In fact I was pretty much just told this:
This movie takes place during the time where many Samurai were left ronins, or masterless. These samurai were unable to find work and thereby were left in poverty. Eventually many would go up to clans and ask to commit seppuku.
It was dishonorable to refuse such a "noble" request, but most clans did not want samurai to kill themselves on their property so they would just pay the samurai to go elsewhere.
So I watched the movie and well... I loved it. During the class discussion the next day I found most people hated the movie. Not because it was a bad movie, but because of how it made people feel about themselves. And that's exactly why this movie is genius. If you're interested in watching this movie, do not read the summary in detail - reading the summary in detail will deprive you of what one of the key things that made the movie great IMO.