Hara-kiri: Death of a samurai [videorecording]
2014
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Takashi Miike directs this remake of Masaki Kobayashi's 1962 classic historical drama 'Hara-Kiri'. In 17th century Japan a samurai called Hanshiro (Ichikawa Ebizô) arrives at the Li household to request permission to commit ritual suicide after falling into poverty. Suspicious of Hanshiro's motives, Kageyu (Kôji Yakusho) tries to dissuade him from his path by telling him of the horrific fate of the last ronin to have made this request, a young man called Motome (Eita). Hanshiro appears undeterred but as his own story unfolds in flashback, it becomes clear that his true motives are very different from those he first declared.
Main title:
Hara-kiri: Death of a samurai [videorecording] / producer, Toshiaki Nakazawa; producer, Jeremy Thomas.
Author:
Miike, Takashi, 1960-, directorSakamoto, RyÕuichi, 1952-2023, musicYakusho, Kôji, actorMitsushima, Hikari, actorTakenaka, Naoto, actorTakiguchi, Yasuhiko, book author
Imprint:
Universal Pictures, 2014.
Collation:
1 Blu-Ray (128 min.) : col.
Notes:
Region B, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Languages (Japanese), Subtitles (English).Made in 2011.Based on the novel 'Ibun rônin-ki' by Yasuhiko Takiguchi.Credits: music, Ryuichi Sakamoto; cinematographer, Nobuyasu Kita.BRN.Extras to be confirmed, Region B, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Languages (Japanese), Subtitles (English).Credits: director, Takashi Miike; writer, Kikumi Yamagishi; music, Ryuichi Sakamoto; cinematographer, Nobuyasu Kita.
Performers:
Cast: Cast: Kôji Yakusho, Hikari Mitsushima, Naoto Takenaka, Eita, Kazuki Namioka, Munetaka Aoki, Hirofumi Arai, Ichikawa Ebizô, Takashi Sasano, Ayumu Saitô, Goro Daimon, Baijaku Nakamura.
Audience:
BBFC code: 18.
System details:
Blu-Ray.
Dewey class:
791.437
Language:
JapaneseEnglish
BRN:
896725
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