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2011

Ichimei

Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai

一命

(c) 2011 "HARA-KIRI:Death of a Samurai" Film Partners

(c) 2011 "HARA-KIRI:Death of a Samurai" Film Partners

(c)2011 "HARA-KIRI:Death of a Samurai" Film Partners

(c)2011 "HARA-KIRI:Death of a Samurai" Film Partners

Release Date
Oct 2011
Running Time
126 min
Genre
Action/Adventure , Drama , Historical , Feature
Color
Color
Screening Format
3D DCP
Screen Size
Cinema Scope (1:2.35)
Sound Processing
Dolby Digital
Subtitle
English

[ Directed by ]

[ Produced by ]

[ Cast ]

[ Staff ]

[ Production Company ]

"HARA-KIRI: Death of a Samurai" Film Partners

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

SHOCHIKU

[ Production Studio ]

OLM, Rakueisha

[ Story ]

Miike Takashi's samurai epic is the first-ever 3D film to be selected to screen in competition at the Cannes International Film Festival. This adaptation of Takiguchi Yasuhiko's novel "Ibun Ronin-ki," also the inspiration for Kobayashi Masaki's 1962 film Seppuku, is a magnificent evocation of a warrior's pride and love for his family. Saito Kageyu (Yakusho Koji), chief retainer of the Ii clan, is visited by a ronin named Tsukumo Hanshiro (Ichikawa Ebizo) who requests the use of the garden at Saito's residence so that he may perform "seppuku" (ritual suicide by disembowelment). However, Hanshiro's daughter Miho (Mitsushima Hikari) was once married to a man named Chijiiwa Motome (Eita) who also committed suicide in the very same place...

[ Premiere ]

World Premiere: Cannes International Film Festival

[ Film Festivals, Awards ]

Cannes International Film Festival 2011 Competition
Busan International Film Festival 2011 A Windows on Asian Cinema部門
Sitges Festival Internacional de Cinema de Catalunya 2011 Compeition
London Film Festival 2011

[ Contact (International) ]

SHOCHIKU CO., LTD.
International Sales & Licensing
13F, Togeki Bldg., 4-1-1 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8422
 tel: +81-3-5550-1623
 fax: +81-3-5550-1654
 E-mail: ibd@shochiku.co.jp
http://www.shochikufilms.com

HANWAY FILMS
Head of Development
24 Hanway Street, London, W1T 1UH, UK
 Rep: Jeremy Thomas
Attn: Alainee Kent
tel: +44 20 7636 2251
 fax: +44 20 7636 2261
 E-mail: ak@recordedpicture.com
https://www.hanwayfilms.com

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