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Harakiri

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Down-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemployed, and with no family, he hopes to find a place to commit seppuku—and a worthy second to deliver the coup de grâce in his suicide…

DirectorMasaki Kobayashi
WriterShinobu Hashimoto
ProducerTatsuyo Hosoya

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Cast · Directed by Masaki Kobayashi

TNTatsuya Nakadai
Tatsuya Nakadai
Hanshiro Tsugumo
AIAkira Ishihama
Akira Ishihama
Motome Chijiiwa
SIShima Iwashita
Shima Iwashita
Miho Tsugumo
TTTetsuro Tamba
Tetsuro Tamba
Hikokuro Omodaka
MMMasao Mishima
Masao Mishima
Tango Inaba
INIchirō Nakatani
Ichirō Nakatani
Hayato Yazaki
KSKei Satō
Kei Satō
Masakazu
YIYoshio Inaba
Yoshio Inaba
Jinai Chijiiwa
HIHisashi Igawa
Hisashi Igawa
Retainer
TT
Toru Takeuchi
Retainer
YAYoshirō Aoki
Yoshirō Aoki
TMTatsuo Matsumura
Tatsuo Matsumura

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