Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai

Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai

  • Director: Takashi Miike
  • Writer: Kikumi Yamagishi,Yasuhiko Takiguchi
  • Countries of origin: Japan, United Kingdom
  • Language: Japanese
  • Release date: July 20, 2012
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: 一命
  • "Ichimei" is a 126-minute historical action film produced by Japanese Shochiku Films. The film is directed by Takashi Miike , written by Kikumi Yamagishi , starring Ebizô Ichikawa , Nagayama Eita , Koji Yakusho , Mitsushima Hikari , Naoto Takenaka, etc. It was released in Japan on October 15, 2010   .
    The film is adapted from Takiguchi Yasuhiko's novel "Ibunrotoki", which tells the story of how a poor samurai took the road to せっぷく.

    Details

    • Release date July 20, 2012
    • Production companies Recorded Picture Company (RPC), Sedic International, Amuse Soft

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $75,688

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $10,920

    Gross worldwide

    $5,435,358

    Movie reviews

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    • By Hollis 2022-04-20 09:02:29

      poor man who did wrong

      I feel that the movie is quite meaningful and interesting~~ Haha
          I can't lose my sympathy for the sake of face. The movie hopes that people will care about each other.
          When a person does a very disgraceful thing, a very humiliating thing, try not to laugh at him, let alone get in the way, and care about him "why did you do this?", maybe he and The movie has the same hardships that it talks about.
          Secondly, I can also see a very sad fact, the poor have no way to...

    • By Trycia 2022-04-19 09:02:50

      Three-dimensional reflection on Bushido by director Miike

      On May 18, 2011 local time in France, Japanese director Takashi Miike's new 3D film "One Life" appeared in Cannes. The 3D movie, at the same time, is also the first 3D period drama in Japan, which can be said to be very meaningful. Although "Pirates of the Caribbean 4" has been screened in Cannes before, it belongs to the non-competition unit. The film is very different from the cult films directed by Takashi Miike. It tells the tragic story of a samurai family with a steady lens. From the...

    • By Janis 2022-04-19 09:02:50

      Between the trade-offs, it's just a life!

      I really like Miike's films in recent years, (except for the hot-blooded high school) Thirteen Assassins, there is still one life, especially although "One Life" is a remake of Kobayashi Masaki's "Cut the Belly", but One Life clearly labels Miike's personal element. , (It hurts to look at it! But it’s not painful!) I always think that a story’s brilliance depends on two things: one is the story itself, and the other is the way the storyteller tells the story, and the description Skills. In this...

    • By Jasmin 2022-04-19 09:02:50

      modern personal awakening

      "The face of a samurai only has its appearance, it is an empty shell." What
      Jia Lao sees and maintains is the pure samurai identity and various spiritual requirements arising from the existence of the samurai, that is, what he does is only necessary for the samurai identity. The rules to abide by, however, a person is multi-faceted. For a fallen warrior, the most important thing is not the traditional spiritual requirements of brotherhood, but real life. A person's spiritual quality is...

    • By Nick 2022-04-19 09:02:50

      The fatal wound and preciousness of "One Life"

      The fatal flaw of "One Life" is that it tries too much to show a complete story, and the protagonist's life and destiny development are described too trivially and mundanely, so that what should be the willpower of the movie characters through the initiative of revenge (let The film exhibits a critical force), degenerates into a passive desperate struggle with reality, and eventually degenerates into a vulgar tragic tale of fatalism that undermines the entire film. The same is death, a person...

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    • By Michele 2023-09-23 22:10:49

      It sure tastes a bit heavy! I suddenly fell in love with Ying Tai, Mandao Guang CP, but can you do some sunshine movies? Is this to carry the hardship to the end?...

    • By Mariano 2023-09-18 23:07:38

      Do you want to copy every scene? What's the point of filming according to other people's...

    • By Zella 2023-09-16 10:49:12

      Don't look at the old version and don't compare it. As far as the new version is concerned, 3D is simply a gimmick, and those pictures that are already very dark are not necessary at all. If Miike wanted to use this to express the distorted expression on Ying's face for the past five minutes, wouldn't it be a bit of a waste? The plot is too protracted and lacks tension, such a warm line is not suitable for Miike. The main point to criticize is that Ryuichi Sakamoto's soundtrack is not good this...

    • By Kelvin 2023-09-15 08:33:47

      The first 40 minutes are good, then it gets more and more crafty, and there are even a lot of shots that can be used as teaching aids for things like lens application and film language. Bamboo Knife Cut Belly does not taste too heavy in Sanchi's film, even so, I still can't stand...

    • By Blaze 2023-09-10 10:34:08

      I have to re-watch this horrific content a second time. The colors are beautiful, but they are more than luscious and not heavy enough; the acting of Ichichuan Hai Lao Zang is too full and boring. Yakusuo Guangsi is not ruthless enough to be...

    Movie plot

    The impoverished samurai Tsumo Hanshiro ( Ebizô Ichikawa ) wants to die in dignity, so he asks to borrow the mansion of Ii 's house for せっぷく. Ii family royal family and old Saito persuasion by the ( Koji Yakusho ornaments) is a tough character samurai, in order to dispel Tsukumo half Shiro of suicidal thoughts, told him shortly before the same coming to ask to borrow the house seっBru ku ronin thousands of rock seeking women ( Nagayama...
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    Behind the scenes gags

    In "Ichimei" is the debut of the second generation lord of the Ii family Bian Shinnosuke , Ii home from third shogun Iemitsu start Tate had six as the post of the Shogunate. The red armor "Akbei" with important symbolic significance in the film was first adopted by the Kai Takeda army and was known as "the strongest unit" at that time. After the destruction of the Takeda family, the name of the strongest army and the red armor were...
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    Evaluation action

    "Ichimei" is almost unchanged from its original "せっぷく", and even some shots are copied motionlessly. It is a veritable "remake". If you don’t look at the original version of Masaki Kobayashi, and don’t consider the issue of "super not transcendence", "Ichimei" can be said to be another excellent work by Miike. The composition of Miike's lens is almost exacting and exquisite, the editing rhythm is calm, almost all shot with parallel...
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    Movie quotes

    • Kageyu: Each man has his own honor. We are nothing without it! Without the heart to preserve that, we can preserve nothing!

    • Motome Chijiiwa: A husband must provide for his wife and child.

    • Hanshirô Tsugumo: They taste better with someone.