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SEPPUKU (1962)

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Film details

Featuring

Tatsuya Nakadai Shima Iwashita Akira Ishihama
Director

Masaki Kobayashi
Country

Japan
Year

1962
Genre

Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

HARAKIRI Alternative

Synopsis

Story of a Samurai who carried out a bloody revenge for his daughter's young husband who was forced by a cruel feudal lord to commit hara-kiri.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Hanshiro Tsugumo
    
    Tatsuya Nakadai
  - Miho Tsugumo
    
    Shima Iwashita
  - Motome Chijiiwa
    
    Akira Ishihama
  - Jinnai Chijiiwa
    
    Yoshio Inaba
  - Kageyu Saito
    
    Rentarô Mikuni
  - Tango Inaba
    
    Masao Mishima
  - Hikokuro Omodaka
    
    Tetsurô Tanba
  - Hayato Yazaki
    
    Ichiro Nakaya
  - Umenosuke Kawabe
    
    Yoshio Aoki
  - Ichiro Shimmen
    
    Jo Azumi
  - Young Samurai
    
    Hisashi Igawa
  - Young Samurai
    
    Shoji Kobayashi
  - Young Samurai
    
    Ryo Takeuchi
  - Page
    
    Shichisaburo Amatsu
  - Masakazu Fukushima
    
    Kei Sato
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Masaki Kobayashi
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    Shochiku Co. Ltd.
  - Producer
    
    Tatsuo Hosoya
  - Assistant Producer
    
    Ginichi Kishimoto
  Writing:
  - Script
    
    Shinobu Hashimoto
  - Original novel
    
    Yasuhiko Takiguchi
  Photography:
  - Photography
    
    Yoshio Miyajima
  Editing:
  - Editor
    
    Hisashi Sagara
  Design:
  - Art Director
    
    Jun-Ichi Ozumi
  - Art Director
    
    Toda, Shigemasa
  Music:
  - Music
    
    Toru Takemitsu
  Sound:
  - Sound
    
    Hideo Nishizaki
  Stunts:
  - Fencing master
    
    Seiji Iho

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