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Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai

Love Honour Revenge.

2011 · 2h 8m · NOT RATED Drama, History
Directed by Takashi Miike

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Overview

A tale of revenge, honor and disgrace, centering on a poverty-stricken samurai who discovers the fate of his ronin son-in-law, setting in motion a tense showdown of vengeance against the house of a feudal lord.

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Critics on Rotten Tomatoes

Top critics, in their words

All reviews
79%
Tomatometer
Fresh

Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai reveals yet another facet of this always-unpredictable filmmaker: a flair for compassionate, humane melodrama.

Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
Fresh

A quiet, narratively layered period drama with a focus squarely on character.

Barbara VanDenburgh, Arizona Republic
Fresh

Miike can't seem to get enough of Hanshiro's heroics. That's not just visual excess, though.

Mark Feeney, Boston Globe
Fresh

A 3-D epic that, despite its title, is more of a soap opera than a swordplay thriller.

V.A. Musetto, New York Post
Fresh

It's an indelible picture of a cold-hearted ruling class that has allowed self-interest and hypocrisy to override its own humanity.

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News

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