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FILM DETAILS

Certificate 15

Cast Ichikawa Ebizo Koji Yakusho Eita

Directors Takashi Miike

Screenwriters Kikumi Yamagishi

Running Time 126 minutes

Hara-Kiri
Takashi's re-miike

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Plot
Out of work samurai Hanshiro (Ichikawa) appears at the House of Li with a request to be allowed to commit Seppuku in the noble house's courtyard. Li's lieutenant, Kageyu (Yakusho), though, has suspicions over his true motives. But what is the real truth behind it?

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