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Again, this film uses the peaceful Edo period as its backdrop. With so little conflict in Japan, many ronin (masterless samurai) are falling on hard times and are desperate to find gainful employment. One scam that works its way through the community is for a ronin to approach a clan and ask if they would do him the favor of allowing him to perform ritual suicide on their grounds. Their secret hope is that the clan would take pity on them and instead offer them a position in their ranks or perhaps money to tide them through.
The Iyi clan hears of this trick and decides not to be taken in by it. Their plan is, instead, to force any such samurai to follow through with their request… whether they like it or not. A middle-aged samurai, Hanshiro Tsugumo (played by Tatsuya Nakadai in one of his finest performances) shows up with the seppuku request. They grant it, though he later adds a caveat: they must listen to his story.
From this point on the film flips from flashback to the storytelling present and we slowly learn the story of this mysterious samurai and his real motives. Suffice to say all is not as it might seem. The story structure of "Hara-Kiri" is quite non-linear and the truth tantalizingly reveals itself as in heads towards the blade flashing climax. Kobayashi's work may be the most touchingly human of the genre's golden age. The film was remade in a modern, color version this year by the same director as "13 Assasins". I have not seen the remake yet.
Trailer:
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Full Intro (sorry, no English subs on this link):
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Thos. Merchant