| Edition |
[Widescreen]. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (133 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([26] pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.). |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 302 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 302.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono. |
| Cast |
Nakadai Tatsuya, Iwashita Shima, Ishihama Akira. |
| Credits |
seisaku: Hosoya Tatsuo ; kyakuhon: Hashimoto Shinobu ; kantoku: Kobayashi Masaki ; satsuei: Miyajima Yoshio ; ongaku: Takemitsu Tōru. |
| Note |
Based on the novel "Ibun rōninki" by Takiguchi Yasuhiko. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1962. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
Peace in 17th-century Japan causes the Shogunate's breakup of warrior clans, throwing thousands of samurai out of work and into poverty. An honorable end to such fate under the samurai code is ritual suicide, or hara-kiri. |
| Note |
Special features: disc 1: new, restored high-definition digital transfer; exclusive video introduction by Japanese-film historian Donald Richie; original theatrical trailer; new and improved English subtitle translation; disc 2: rare excerpt of a Directors Guild of Japan video interview with director Masaki Kobayashi conducted by filmmaker Masahiro Shinoda (Double Suicide); new video interviews with star Tatsuya Nakadai and screenwriter Shinobu Hashimoto; poster gallery; A 32-page booklet featuring a new essay by film scholar Joan Mellen and a reprint of her 1972 interview with Kobayashi. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. The film -- disc 2. The supplements. |
| Language |
In Japanese with optional English subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Local Note |
WNPLFFDVD |
| Subject |
Samurai -- Japan -- Drama.
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Suicide -- Japan -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Samurai films.
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Historical films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Film adaptations.
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| Added Author |
Kobayashi, Masaki, 1916-1996. Director.
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Hashimoto, Shinobu, 1918-2018. Screenwriter.
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Hosoya, Tatsuo. Producer.
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Takemitsu, Tōru. Composer.
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Nakadai, Tatsuya, 1932-
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Iwashita, Shima, 1941-
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Ishihama, Akira, 1935-2022
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Takiguchi, Yasuhiko, 1924-2004.
Ibun rōninki.
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Shōchiku Kabushiki Kaisha.
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Home Vision Entertainment (Firm)
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Janus Films.
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| Note |
Title on disc label: Hara kiri |
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Title on container spine: Harakiri |
| ISBN |
0780030060 |
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9780780030060 |
| Standard No. |
037429207321 |
| Music No. |
HAR110 Home Vision Entertainment |
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