How to Shoot a Film Scene: Harakiri by Masaki Kobayashi (JAP, 1962)

How to Shoot a Film Scene: Harakiri by Masaki Kobayashi (JAP, 1962)

When a ronin requesting seppuku at a feudal lord’s palace is told of the brutal suicide of another ronin who previously visited, he reveals how their pasts are intertwined – and in doing so challenges the clan’s integrity.

Directed by Masaki Kobayashi
Screenplay by Shinobu Hashimoto
Based on “Ibunronin ki” by Yasuhiko Takiguchi
Produced by Tatsuo Hosoya
Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Shima Iwashita, Akira Ishihama, Tetsurō Tamba, Rentarō Mikuni
Cinematography: Yoshio Miyajima
Edited by Hisashi Sagara
Music by Tōru Takemitsu

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