Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
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10/15/2011Runtime
128 minsOverview
A tale of revenge, honor and disgrace, centering on a poverty-stricken samurai who discovers the fate of his ronin son-in-law, setting in motion a tense showdown of vengeance against the house of a feudal lord.
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A methodical, agonizing meditation on honor and loss disguised as a revenge narrative, Masaki Kobayashi orchestrates a slow accumulation of moral injury that builds toward a devastating reckoning. The film transforms samurai codes into a machinery of suffering, asking whether honor is worth the price paid by those below.
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