--- title: 'Harakiri (1962)' type: 'film' director: 'Masaki Kobayashi' released: '1962-01-01' runtime_minutes: 135 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Action' - 'History' countries: - 'Japan' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/harakiri-1962' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056058/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Harakiri (1962) 1962 · 135 min · Drama, Action, History · Japan Original title: 切腹 ## Synopsis Harakiri is a 1962 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Masaki Kobayashi. The story takes place between 1619 and 1630 during the Edo period and the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate. It tells the story of the rōnin Hanshirō Tsugumo, who requests to commit seppuku (harakiri) within the manor of a local feudal lord, using the opportunity to explain the events that drove him to ask for death before an audience of samurai. The film continues to receive critical acclaim, often considered one of the greatest films of all time. ## Credits - **Director:** [Masaki Kobayashi](https://cinepixo.com/people/masaki-kobayashi) - **Screenplay:** [Shinobu Hashimoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/shinobu-hashimoto) - **Original Music Composer:** [Tōru Takemitsu](https://cinepixo.com/people/toru-takemitsu) - **Director of Photography:** [Yoshio Miyajima](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoshio-miyajima) - **Editor:** [Hisashi Sagara](https://cinepixo.com/people/hisashi-sagara) ## Cast - [Tatsuya Nakadai](https://cinepixo.com/people/tatsuya-nakadai) as Tsugumo Hanshirō - [Kei Satō](https://cinepixo.com/people/kei-sato) as Fukushima Masakatsu - [Shima Iwashita](https://cinepixo.com/people/shima-iwashita) as Tsugumo Miho - [Masao Mishima](https://cinepixo.com/people/masao-mishima) as Inaba Tango - [Akira Ishihama](https://cinepixo.com/people/akira-ishihama) as Chijiiwa Motome - [Yoshio Inaba](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoshio-inaba) as Chijiiwa Jinai - [Rentarō Mikuni](https://cinepixo.com/people/rentaro-mikuni) as Saitō Kageyu - [Tetsurō Tamba](https://cinepixo.com/people/tetsuro-tamba) as Omodaka Hikokuro - [Ichirō Nakatani](https://cinepixo.com/people/ichiro-nakatani) as Yazaki Hayato - [Akiji Kobayashi](https://cinepixo.com/people/akiji-kobayashi) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/harakiri-1962 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1584406); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.