Summary
A mysterious samurai arrives at the doorstep of his feudal lord, requesting an honorable death by ritual suicide in his courtyard. The lord threatens him with the brutal tale of Motome, a desperate young ronin who made a similar request with ulterior motives, only to meet a grisly end. Undaunted, the samurai begins to tell a story of his own, with an ending no one could see coming. Bonus feature included.
Additional Information
| Subjects |
Samurai
-- Japan
-- Drama.
Suicide -- Japan -- Drama. Action and adventure films. Fiction films. Feature films. |
| Publisher | [New York?] :New Video Group,2013 |
| Other Titles | Ibun roninki. Ichimei Death of a samurai |
| Contributors |
Yamagishi, Kikumi.
Nakazawa, Toshiaki. Thomas, Jeremy. Miike, Takashi, 1960- Ichikawa, Ebizo, 1977- Eita, 1982- Mitsushima, Hikari. Takenaka, Naoto. Aoki, Munetaka. Sasano, Takashi, 1948- Nakamura, Baijaku. Yakusho, Koji. Takiguchi, Yasuhiko, 1924-2004. Ibun roninki. Tribeca Productions, production company. American Express Company, production company. Sedikku Intanashonaru, production company. Dentsu, production company. Shochiku Kabushiki Kaisha, production company. Kodansha, production company. Ō Eru Emu, Kabushiki Kaisha, production company. Recorded Picture Company, production company. YBS (Firm), production company. Amuse Soft Entertainment (Firm), production company. New Video Group, publisher. |
| Participants/Performers |
Ebizo Ichikawa, Eita, Hikari Mitsushima, Naoto Takenaka, Munetaka Aoki, Takashi Sasano, Baijaku Nakamura, Koji Yakusho. |
| Other Contributors |
Director of photography, Nobuyasu Kita ; editor, Kenji Yamashita ; music, Ryuichi Sakamoto ; costume designer, Kazuko Kurosawa. |
| Language |
Japanese English In Japanese; with optional English subtitles. |
| Notes |
Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 2011. Based on the story by Yasuhiko Takiguchi. Special feature: Geoffrey Gilmore, from Tribeca Film, discusses Hara-kira, presented by American Express. |
| System Details |
DVD; widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1 surround. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| ISBN | 1422922812 9781422922811 |
| Other | Classic View |