Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai = Ichimei (2011)
It's peace time in Japan in 1640, leaving many samurai out of work and impoverished. The wealthy house of Li have become aware of ronins (masterless samurai) asking feudal lords to let them use their courtyards to commit ritual suicide, knowing that they will take pity on them and pay them off instead. When ronin Hanshiro (Ebizo Ichikawa) asks unsympathetic clan lord Kageyu (Koji Yakusho) for the use of his courtyard, Kageyu recounts the tale of young Ronin Motome (Eita) who was forced by Kageyu to go through with the ritual and cut out his own heart despite only possessing a wooden blade. Unknown to Kageyu, Hanshiro was Motome's father-in-law and is seeking revenge for his cruel death.
Primary Title
- Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai = Ichimei
Date Broadcast
- Monday 11 August 2014
Release Year
- 2011
Start Time
- 20 : 30
Finish Time
- 22 : 32
Duration
- 122:00
Channel
- Rialto Channel
Broadcaster
- Sky Network Television
Programme Description
- It's peace time in Japan in 1640, leaving many samurai out of work and impoverished. The wealthy house of Li have become aware of ronins (masterless samurai) asking feudal lords to let them use their courtyards to commit ritual suicide, knowing that they will take pity on them and pay them off instead. When ronin Hanshiro (Ebizo Ichikawa) asks unsympathetic clan lord Kageyu (Koji Yakusho) for the use of his courtyard, Kageyu recounts the tale of young Ronin Motome (Eita) who was forced by Kageyu to go through with the ritual and cut out his own heart despite only possessing a wooden blade. Unknown to Kageyu, Hanshiro was Motome's father-in-law and is seeking revenge for his cruel death.
Classification
- 16
Owning Collection
- Television Vault
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- Japanese
Captioning Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Suicide--Japan--Drama
- Samurai--Japan--Drama
- Feature films--Japan
Genres
- Action
- Drama
- Historical drama
Contributors
- Takashi Miike (Director)
- Recorded Picture Company (Production Unit)
- Kikumi Yamagishi (Writer)
- Yasuhiko Takiguchi (Writer)
- Koji Yakusho (Actor)
- Munetaka Aoki (Actor)
- Naoto Takenaka (Actor)
- Toshiaki Nakazawa (Producer)
- Jeremy Thomas (Producer)
- Kensuke Zushi (Producer)
- Sedic International (Production Unit)
- Amuse Soft Entertainment (Production Unit)
- Asahi Shimbun (Production Unit)
- Dentsu (Production Unit)
- Kodansha (Production Unit)
- 99227470014002091 (MMSID)
Subjects
- Suicide--Japan--Drama
- Samurai--Japan--Drama
- Feature films--Japan