Harakiri [translated: Seppuku]
Shochiku Co. Ltd.; produced by Tatsuo Hosoya; written by Shinobu Hashimoto; directed by Masaki Kobayashi
- Resource Type:
- DVD Video
- Creation:
- Created or produced in 1962
- Publication:
- [United States] : Home Vision Entertainment : Janus Films, [2005]
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Availability
| Location | Call Number | Availability | Request | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Media Library | HAR 1964 DVD | Available |
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- Summary:
- Peace in 17th-century Japan causes the Shogunate's breakup of warrior clans, throwing thousands of samurai out of work and into poverty. An honorable end to such fate under the samurai code is ritual suicide, or hara-kiri.
- Contributors:
- Language Notes:
- In Japanese with optional English subtitles.
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- Alternate Titles:
- Title translation: Seppuku
- Subjects:
- System Details:
- DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
- Performers:
- Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Ishihama, Shima Iwashita, Tetsuro Tamba, Rentaro Mikuni.
- Production Credits:
- Cinematographer, Yoshio Miyajima ; editor, Hisashi Sagara ; music, Toru Takemitsu.
- General Notes:
- Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1962.
Special features: disc 1: new, restored high-definition digital transfer; exclusive video introduction by Japanese-film historian Donald Richie; original theatrical trailer; new and improved English subtitle translation; disc 2: rare excerpt of a Directors Guild of Japan video interview with director Masaki Kobayashi conducted by filmmaker Masahiro Shinoda (Double Suicide); new video interviews with star Tatsuya Nakadai and screenwriter Shinobu Hashimoto; poster gallery; A 32-page booklet featuring a new essay by film scholar Joan Mellen and a reprint of her 1972 interview with Kobayashi.
Cannes Film Festival, 1963: Jury Special Prize (Masaki Kobayashi). - Audience:
- MPAA rating: Not rated.
- Physical Description:
- 2 videodiscs (133 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in.
- Physical Characteristics:
- plastic; metal; monochrome
- Audio Characteristics:
- digital; optical
- Digital Characteristics:
- video file; DVD video; region 1
- Call Numbers:
- HAR 1964 DVD
- ISBNs:
- 0780030060
- Other Standard Numbers:
- Universal Product Code: 037429207321
Publisher Number, Home Vision Entertainment: HAR110 - OCLC Numbers:
- 829890699
61157138 [Invalid]
