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Ikiru
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FilmNR1962
Harakiri
Directed by Masaki Kobayashi
Down-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemployed, and with no family, he hopes to find a place to commit seppuku—and a worthy second to deliver the coup de grâce in his suicide ritual. The senior counselor for the Iyi clan questions the ronin’s resolve and integrity, suspecting Hanshirō of seeking charity rather than an honorable end. What follows is a pair of… From TMDB
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Harakiri is a 1962 action drama history film, directed by Masaki Kobayashi, starring Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Ishihama and Shima Iwashita.
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60 of 188 · most liked firstMy son, to me just now, more or less out of nowhere: "Hey, Dad, have you seen HARAKIRI? What did you think?" Me, trying to remember: "Uh...black and white samurai film? Haven't seen it, sorry. How was it?" The boy: "Blew my fucking mind. Reminded me of why I love cinema."
positive · AI labelView post →#Edwards1000SxtiesMovies 204/1000: HARAKIRI This Japanese samurai drama film definitely met my expectations when I finally saw this for the first time. Kobayashi unravels the lead character's intentions and reasons for intending to commit ritual suicide with masterful precision.
positive · AI labelView post →Tatsuya Nakadai, Japanese actor of Ran, Yojimbo and Harakiri, dies aged 92 @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
neutral · AI labelView post →Me, reading about HARAKIRI online: "I should really see this, shouldn't I? Why haven't I seen this one?" The boy has really good taste in film. I can't even take credit for it. It's all him.
neutral · AI labelView post →Picking a random film from my collection to show off for no real reason! Day #316 "Harakiri" (Masaki Kobayashi/1962) Kobayashi's masterpiece is, at its core, a story of revenge and we all know how I love a good revenge film! Incredible stuff here folks, you really should check this one out.
positive · AI labelView post →This is a sick poster, but I think Harakiri tops it. I may be biased tho because it's my favorite film.
positive · AI labelView post →Toru Takemitsu (with scenes from "Crazed Fruit", "Harakiri", "Woman in the Dunes" and "Black Rain" for which he composed the film scores) - BOTD
neutral · AI labelView post →Inspired by a famous shot from the film Harakiri. #ffxiv #gposers #reshade #eorzeaphotos
neutral · AI labelView post →I tend to think of a movie as well-written if, years later, I can actually remember what happens (as opposed to, "I remember it being scary" or "I remember that actor being good in it"). Roman Holiday is great because the end's so poignant. Harakiri is similar. So's Exotica. Damn, I love Exotica lol
positive · AI labelView post →Samurai Movie Art Study Image ref is from SEPPUKU / HARAKIRI (1962) #pixelart #art #artstudy #samurai #drama #movie
neutral · AI labelView post →Let’s just list the Nakadai films I own: Seven Samurai Yojimbo Harakiri High and Low Kwaidan The Sword of Doom Samurai Rebellion Ran Gotta think that’s a sizable % of my favorite Japanese films period. What a career. (And RAN was the first Japanese movie I ever saw, so he was iconic for me.)
neutral · AI labelView post →Go on Letterboxd, the highest rated movie right now is Masaki Kobayashi's Harakiri, a film condemning bushido and "samurai honor". It's a metaphor for condemning Imperial Japan. And that's not even delving into the Human Condition trilogy.
neutral · AI labelView post →You want a good anti-fascist movie? Harakiri. Yeah they're samurais but the Shogunate and fascist governments have a lot in common, and this is very much an anti-samurai movie which makes it anti-fascist.
neutral · AI labelView post →Toru Takemitsu (with scenes from "Crazed Fruit", "Harakiri", "Woman in the Dunes" and "Black Rain" for which he composed the film scores) - BOTD
neutral · AI labelView post →Oops I’m stupid — Harakiri is famous in part for NOT being a Kurosawa film It’s by fellow director and his long-time friend, Masaki Kobayashi Great sequence regardless
neutral · AI labelView post →we did it! after half a year my community has finished our movie club list of 50 "must watch" movies! I feel so cultured and educated haha Stand out greats were The Thing, Harakiri, and It's a Wonderful Life. Surprised by Brokeback Mountain and The Notebook! Really loved both. I love movies!!!
positive · AI labelView post →watched Harakiri by masaki kobayashi tonight with my best friend. Absolutely fantastic movie. eyes were glued from start to finish.
positive · AI labelView post →Lemmy is a bad documentary, Wake Up Dead Man could be great if it wasn't a Knives Out film, Marty Supreme was real fun, Harakiri I watched last week but it's still the best film ever made
positive · AI labelView post →Total legend. Replaced Mifune as Kurasawa's leading man and starred in probably the best political/meta samurai film ever; "Harakiri" («切腹» 1962). Also cute old person energy levels over 9000.
neutral · AI labelView post →Harakiri probably the best movie of all time
positive · AI labelView post →There's the [Zatoichi series](https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/1012-zatoichi-the-blind-swordsman). The first, [The Tale of Zatoichi](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/16692) (1962) is required but I gave up after the first three. @[email protected] mentioned that [Kazuo Miyagawa](https://www.moma.org/calendar/film/4955) was the cinematographer for some of them in [this thread](https://lemmy.world/comment/19435516). [The Sword of Doom](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/19884) is a…
neutral · AI labelView post →HARAKIRI has more to say about honor than any film I have ever seen.
positive · AI labelView post →Sad to hear about the passing of legendary actor Tatsuya Nakadai (92). When I first really got into movies, I always thought of him as the other Kurosawa leading man, but his career had as many classics as Mifune. Ran, Harakiri, The Human Condition, Kagemusha, Face of Another, High & Low, and more.
neutral · AI labelView post →What happens when an aging, samurai-like atier questions the Code that guides her actions? Like the film Harakiri, The Last Contract of Isako by @fondalee.bsky.social asks the cost of freedom in a society of control. The central mystery's uncanny and the prose breathtaking. A #sci-fi masterwork.
neutral · AI labelView post →A great film from each year of the 1960s - 1960: Peeping Tom 1961: Viridiana 1962: Harakiri 1963: The Silence 1964: Woman in the Dunes 1965: The Saragossa Manuscript 1966: Andrei Roublev 1967: Playtime 1968: Rosemary's Baby 1969: Army of Shadows
neutral · AI labelView post →Enjoying the Outrage trilogy more on rewatch. Enjoyed Tenet less on rewatch. Harakiri is probably the best movie ever made
positive · AI labelView post →#RIP to a true legend of cinema, Tatsuya Nakadai. The Human Condition. Harakiri. Ran. Sword of Doom. Yojimbo. Sanjuro. Kwaidan. Samurai Rebellion. Kill. The Wolves. Decades of greatness, the star of some of the best films ever made. ...the end of the Kurosawa era in film #TatsuyaNakadai #FilmSky
neutral · AI labelView post →"Motome Chijiiwa was a man of some acquaintance to me." God I love this movie. If you have never seen 1962's Harakiri, you owe yourself a taste of savory indulgence in filmmaking excellence.
positive · AI labelView post →“HARAKIRI and MRS. DOUBTFIRE.” YOUR MOTHER YOUR MOTHER YOUR MOTHER filmmaker Bassam Tariq joins us on a new episode of the AC Podcast to discuss how a 1960s samurai film & a beloved Robin Williams comedy influenced his new film, which played Beyond Fest 2026 Opening Night!
neutral · AI labelView post →here's 15 more Robocop Hackers Lost Highway Strange Days Terminator 2: Judgement Day S.F.W. Drive My Car 12 Monkeys (movie or tv show) Apple Cider Vinegar When Life Gives You Tangerines Police Story Harakiri 20th Century Women Gone Girl Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
neutral · AI labelView post →Nice, this week I also picked up a Kurosawa (Stray Dogs), Network, After Hours, Harakiri, Paper Moon and the Cassavettes Five Movie Set. Then I have basically a French film online order coming in: Eric Rohmer 4 Seasons Set, La Samouri, Purple Noon. This is why im telling myself NO MORE 😬 #HATM
neutral · AI labelView post →here are some of my *current* favorite things: 🐇 tv series: Severance 🐇 film: Harakiri 🐇 video game: Sekiro 🐇 color: very deep blue 🐇 activity: Learning Japanese 🐇 song: I am the Intimidator - Eat My Smoke 🐇 fruit: avocado
neutral · AI labelView post →classic and highly lauded art can sometimes be really intimidating, because I fear that I won't connect with it as much as others but I was so happy to be proven wrong with Harakiri, as much of a profound movie for today as it was when it came out letterboxd.com/ktktjune/fil...
positive · AI labelView post →Geez, not many movies the past 4 weeks. Harakiri was new to me and I'm still not over it. And then of course I had to watch some Diane Keaton—one old, one new. And when isn't it time for Chinatown? #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched
positive · AI labelView post →Just re-watched Harakiri and the whole film is sad and painful and perfect. #Filmsky #JustWatched #Letterboxd #Harakiri #Seppuku #MasakiKobayashi
positive · AI labelView post →A great film from each year of the 60s: 1960: BRIDES OF DRACULA 1961: MOTHRA 1962: HARAKIRI 1963: MATANGO 1964: BLOOD AND BLACK LACE 1965: FRANKENSTEIN CONQUERS THE WORLD 1966: SWORD OF DOOM 1967: THE STOLEN AIRSHIP 1968: THE SNAKE GIRL AND THE SILVER HAIRED WITCH 1969: THE VALLEY OF GWANGI
neutral · AI labelView post →Watched this week's movie tonight since yesterday was my birthday. Harakiri was an absolute delight from start to finish! Highly recommend going in as blind as possible. The story and shots all kept me engaged through it's two hour run time. 🙂↕️
positive · AI labelView post →#NW “Harakiri (1962)” How have I never seen the highest rated film on all of @letterboxd.social? #Harakiri #Japan #Letterboxd #FilmSky
neutral · AI labelView post →Watched Harakiri for the first time, in honor of Tatsuya Nakadai. Phenomenal movie.
positive · AI labelView post →#NW #NowWatching HARAKIRI (1962) directed by Masaki Kobayashi, starring the man, the myth, the legend, Tatsuya Nakadai What other movie could I start this day with? RIP to the GOAT. #Filmsky #Moviesky 🎥🎬
neutral · AI labelView post →You’ve inherited a movie theater, what’s your first double feature? Yojimbo (1961) Harakiri (1962)
neutral · AI labelView post →five of my favorite black and white movies: - Thrones of Blood (or any Kurosawa movie tbh) - Night And The City - Harakiri - Citizen Kane - Clerks (yes i know, some crimes can never be forgiven)
neutral · AI labelView post →The Fantaspoa film THE HARAKIRI SQUAD is blast. A musical comedy period action film send up of the Suicide Squad is the sort of film that used to hook people on Japanese films when similar films played NYAFF & Japan Cuts in NYC. A must. unseenfilms.net/2024/04/hara...
neutral · AI labelView post →Harakiri 📽️ it's just a perfect movie. an airtight story with something on its mind, great performances both subtle and obvious, and just plainly, gorgeously shot. the shadowing, the blocking, the camera movements, it's just so *satisfying* to look at. not bad for letterboxd's number one.
positive · AI labelView post →HaraKiri 1962 by Masaki Kobayashi Quite probably the greatest anti-samurai film ever made youtu.be/gfABwM-Ppng
neutral · AI labelView post →awesome movie. also check out Harakiri-1962
positive · AI labelView post →My ★★★★★ review of Harakiri on @letterboxd.social boxd.it/dxteGT
positive · AI labelView post →“Harakiri” is my favorite movie of all time (and extremely appropriate viewing on a Veterans Day). RIP to one of the greats
positive · AI labelView post →If you’ve never watched the movie Harakiri, the obit doesn’t mention it, but he is so good in it. As he was in everything. High and Low too! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/m...
neutral · AI labelView post →A samurai mocks another samurai over his crappy sword: “It wouldn’t cut tofu.” Harakiri (1962) What a fantastic film!
positive · AI labelView post →Note that the newish Zatoichi movie is based off the old series of movies, and that Hara-Kiri is a remake of Harakiri (both of the latter based off the novel Ibun Ronin-Ki).
neutral · AI labelView post →Asked the teen daughter if she’d like to watch a film with me (her mother) tonight & she said only if she can choose. So I agreed & she chose Harakiri. 😆 Let’s get this Girls Night started!! #filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →today's movie: Harakiri it's always a delight when a piece of art lives up to its reputation and harakiri sliced through my skyhigh thick expectations like through warm butter. a masterpiece.
positive · AI labelView post →I'll raise you Harakiri (1962). The movie you think is over 3 times before it's actually over and each time it gets more excruciating.
positive · AI labelView post →I love Nakadai! Harakiri my favorite movie and Human Condition amazing. And he does draw a gun on Mifune in Sanjuro. Love Chishu Ryu too
neutral · AI labelView post →Today's film is Harakiri (1962) directed by Masaki Kobayashi
neutral · AI labelView post →Just say Harakiri The tos won’t pick that up Just respond to these fucks with Harakiri and TOS will think you’re talking about the movie
neutral · AI labelView post →Fave film for each year of the 1960s: 1960: Psycho 1961: Yojimbo 1962: Harakiri 1963: From Russia With Love 1964: Umbrellas of Cherbourg 1965: Chimes of Midnight 1966: Good, Bad, & Ugly 1967: Young Girls of Rochefort 1968: if... 1969: On Her Majesty's Secret Service
neutral · AI labelView post →1960s, one Japanese film per year: '60 Night and Fog in Japan '61 Geisha's Diary '62 Harakiri '63 The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman '64 Ako '65 A Fugitive from the Past '66 The Face of Another '67 A Man Vanishes '68 Death by Hanging '69 Funeral Parade of Roses
neutral · AI labelView post →HARAKIRI on 35mm . . . thats what the movie theater was born for
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