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From visionary auteur Takashi Miike (13 ASSASSINS) comes the story of a mysterious samurai who arrives at the doorstep of his feudal lord, requesting an honorable death by ritual suicide in his courtyard. The lord threatens him with the brutal tale of Motome, a desperate young ronin who made a similar request with ulterior motives, only to meet a grisly end. Undaunted, the samurai begins to tell a story of his own, with an ending no one could see coming. With stunning cinematography and gripping performances, HARA-KIRI: DEATH OF A SAMURAI is a thrilling exploration of revenge, honor, and individuality in the face of oppressive power.
Original Release
10/15/2011
US Release
07/20/2012
Cast
Name | Character |
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Koji Yakusho | Kageyu / Kageyu Saito |
Munetaka Aoki | Hikokuro Omodaka |
Naoto Takenaka | Tajiri |
Hikari Mitsushima | Miho |
Eita Nagayama | Motome Chijiiwa / Motome |
Ebizô Ichikawa | Hanshirô Tsugumo |
Hirofumi Arai | Hayatonosho Matsuzaki |
Kazuki Namioka | Umanosuke Kawabe |
Takashi Sasano | Sousuke priest |
Goro Daimon | Priest |
Directors
Writers
Kikumi Yamagishi, Yasuhiko Takiguchi
Cast
Name | Character |
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Koji Yakusho | Kageyu / Kageyu Saito |
Munetaka Aoki | Hikokuro Omodaka |
Naoto Takenaka | Tajiri |
Hikari Mitsushima | Miho |
Eita Nagayama | Motome Chijiiwa / Motome |
Ebizô Ichikawa | Hanshirô Tsugumo |
Hirofumi Arai | Hayatonosho Matsuzaki |
Kazuki Namioka | Umanosuke Kawabe |
Takashi Sasano | Sousuke priest |
Goro Daimon | Priest |
Takehiro Hira | Naotaka Ii |
Baijaku Nakamura | Jinnai Chijiiwa |
Yoshihisa Amano | Sasaki |
Ippei Takahashi | Naito |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Noguchi. Akemiko | Executive Producer |
Tatsuro Hatanaka | Executive Producer |
Toru Hatori | Executive Producer |
Yo Hattori | Executive Producer |
Yoshio Irie | Executive Producer |
Hiroaki Kitano | Executive Producer |
Tomoko Machida | Executive Producer |
Suketsugu Noda | Executive Producer |
Eiichi Noguchi | Executive Producer |
Toshiaki Okuno | Executive Producer |
Tetsu Fujimura | Producer |
Tomoyuki Imai | Producer |
Toshiki Komatsu | Producer |
Noriko Koyanagi | Producer |
Toshiaki Nakazawa | Producer |
Misako Saka | Producer |
Shingo Sekine | Producer |
Tôichirô Shiraishi | Producer |
Nobuyuki Tanizawa | Producer |
Jeremy Thomas | Producer |
Yasushi Uchida | Producer |
Shinjiro Yokoyama | Producer |
Kensuke Zushi | Producer |
Shigeji Maeda | Producer |
Frédérique Dumas-Zajdela | Producer |