In Japanese with English subtitles. Letterboxed, widescreen version with new subtitles From the novel by Yasuhiko Takiguchi. Videocassette release of the 1962 motion picture. Cannes Film Festival, Special Jury Prize. Series statement from container. A foreign film (Japan) "HAR 100." Tatsuya Nakadai, Shima Iwashita, Akira Ishihama, Yoshio Inaba.
Summary:
After an unemployed warrior is forced to commit harakiri, his father-in-law returns to the scene, seemingly to play out the same agonizing suicide ritual. Tensions grow to excruciating levels until the thrilling climax, when the elder warrior strikes out one last time against the abusive society that crafted such cruelty.
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