Hara-Kiri (Criterion Collection)

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	Tatsuya Nakadai	Hanshiro Tsugumo
	Akira Ishihama	Motome Chijiiwa
	Shima Iwashita	Miho Tsugumo
	Tetsuro Tamba	Hikokuro Omodaka
	Masao Mishima	Tango Inaba
	Ichirô Nakatani	Hayato Yazaki
	Kei Sato	Masakazu
	Yoshio Inaba	Jinai Chijiiwa
	Hisashi Igawa	Retainer
	Toru Takeuchi	Retainer
	Yoshirô Aoki	Umenosuke Kawabe
	Tatsuo Matsumura	Seibei
	Akiji Kobayashi	Ii Clan Retainer
	Kôichi Hayashi
	Ryutaro Gomi	General
	Jo Azumi	Ichiro Shimmen
	Nakajiro Tomita
	Shichisaburo Amatsu	Retainer
	Kenzo Tanaka
	Shin Nakahara
	Tsuneo Ikeda
	Minoru Miyagi
	Takaaki Kadota
	Ichirô Yuki
	Gen Takasugi

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Director	Masaki Kobayashi
Writer	Yasuhiko Takiguchi, Shinobu Hashimoto
Producer	Tatsuo Hosoya, Gin'ichi Kishimoto, Makoto Naito, Tsugio Saitô
Musician	Tôru Takemitsu
Photography	Yoshio Miyajima

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Following the collapse of his clan, an unemployed samurai (Tatsuya Nakadai) arrives at the manor of Lord Iyi, begging to be allowed to commit ritual suicide on the property. Iyi’s clansmen, believing the desperate ronin is merely angling for a new position, try to force his hand and get him to eviscerate himself-but they have underestimated his beliefs and his personal brand of honor. Winner of the Cannes Film Festival’s Special Jury Prize, Harakiri, directed by Masaki Kobayashi is a fierce evocation of individual agency in the face of a corrupt and hypocritical system.

SPECIAL FEATURES
New, restored high-definition digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
Video introduction by Japanese-film historian Donald Richie
Excerpt from a rare Directors Guild of Japan video interview with director Masaki Kobayashi, moderated by filmmaker Masahiro Shinoda
Video interviews with star Tatsuya Nakadai and screenwriter Shinobu Hashimoto
Original theatrical trailer
Poster gallery (DVD only)
New English subtitle translation
PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by film scholar Joan Mellen and a reprint of Mellen’s 1972 interview with Kobayashi
New cover by Miriam Bossard and Trix Barmettler

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