Harakiri (1962) (Region 3 DVD) (English Subtitled) Japanese movie aka Seppuku

***This movie was filmed in Black and White (not colour).

Region Coding: Region 3 (Locked)

Starring: 
Nakadai Tatsuya
Iwashita Shima
Tamba Tetsuro

Director: 
Kobayashi Masaki

Audio Tracks: 
Dolby Digital

Languages: 
Japanese

Subtitles: 
English, Traditional Chinese

Running Time: 
134 minutes

Distributor:
Panorama (HK)

Release Date:
02 June 2003

Synopsis:
In this grim yet exquisitely composed film, Kobayashi Masaki delves into the world of the 17th-century samurai, examining "the honor in death--and the death of honor" (Time). After an unemployed samurai is forced to commit harakiri before a feudal lord, his father-in-law returns to the scene, seemingly to play out the same agonizing suicide ritual. Kobayashi begins at the story's end, then recounts the narrative as told by the father-in-law. The effect is almost unbearably suspenseful, leading to an explosive climax of supreme defiance and samurai swordplay, erupting from a battle of wills, called bluffs, and hotly defended honour. For connoisseurs of samurai action, Harakiri is not to be missed.

Awards: 8 wins & 2 nomintations
Jury Special Prize (Kobayashi Masaki) of Cannes Film Festival 1963