Seppuku / Shōchiku Kabushiki Kaisha ; seisaku Hosoya Tatsuo ; gensaku Takiguchi Yasuhiko ; kyakuhon Hashimoto Shinobu ; kantoku Kobahashi Masaki.



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Based on the novel by Takiguchi Yasuhiko. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1962. Booklet includes Harakiri : Kobayashi and history / by Joan Mellen -- Interview with Masaki Kobayashi conducted by Joan Mellen in 1972. Special features: video introduction by Japanese film historian Donald Richie; original theatrical trailer; interviews with star Tatsuya Nakadai and screenwriter Shinobu Hashimoto. Cannes Film Festival, Special Jury Prize. Cinematography, Miyajima Yoshio ; editor, Hisashi Sagara ; music, Takemitsu Tōru. Nakadai Tatsuya, Ishihama Akira, Iwashita Shima, Mikuni Rentarō, Tetsurō Tamba. Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles.

Title
Seppuku / Shōchiku Kabushiki Kaisha ; seisaku Hosoya Tatsuo ; gensaku Takiguchi Yasuhiko ; kyakuhon Hashimoto Shinobu ; kantoku Kobahashi Masaki.
Artist
Kobayashi, Masaki, 1916-1996.
Subjects
Language
Japanese
Type
Video Recording
Abstract
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.
Year
2011
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