Harakiri

Year Published: 1962

Creator: Kobayashi, MasakiMasaki Kobayashi

Credits: Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Shima Iwashita, Akira Ishihama

Description: Tsugumo Hanshirō arrives at the estate of the Ii clan and says that he wishes to commit seppuku within the courtyard of the palace. To deter him, Saitō Kageyu (Rentarō Mikuni), the Daimyo's senior counselor, tells him the story of another rōnin, Chijiiwa Motome. Infuriated by the rising number of "suicide bluffs", the three most senior samurai of the clan forced Motome to follow through and kill himself. Upon examining Motome's swords, their blades were found to be made of bamboo.

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