Directed by:
Takashi MiikeScreenplay:
Kikumi YamagishiCinematography:
北信康Composer:
Ryūichi SakamotoCast:
Ebizō Ichikawa, Eita Nagayama, Hikari Mitsushima, Kōji Yakusho, Naoto Takenaka, 青木崇高, Hirofumi Arai, Takashi Sasano, Baijaku Nakamura, Kazuki Namioka, 西沢仁太Plots(1)
Maverick Japanese director Miike Takashi directs this period samurai film, a remake of Kobayashi Masaki's 1962 classic Harakiri. In 17th century Japan, a samurai called Hanshiro (Ichikawa Ebizô) turns up at the Li household to request permission to commit ritual suicide after falling into shameful poverty. Suspicious of Hanshiro's motives, Li boss Kageyu (Yakusho Koji) tries to dissuade him from his path by telling him of the horrific fate of the last ronin to have made this request, a young man called Motome (Eita Nagajama). Hanshiro appears undeterred, but as his own story unfolds in flashback it becomes clear that his true motives are very different from those he first declared. (Universal Pictures UK)
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一命 Harakiri - Death of a Samurai
Original Sound Track
Label: Commmons
Year: 2011
Country: Japan
Format: CD
Length: 58:11
1. | Harakiri Opening | Ryūichi Sakamoto | 03:05 |
2. | Pride Of Samurai 武士の面目 | Ryūichi Sakamoto | 01:48 |
3. | Harakiri 切腹 | Ryūichi Sakamoto | 01:01 |
4. | No Way Out 逃げられない | Ryūichi Sakamoto | 06:33 |
5. | What For? 何しに来た? | Ryūichi Sakamoto | 02:28 |
6. | Small Happiness 小さな幸福 | Ryūichi Sakamoto | 03:37 |
7. | Fishing 釣り | Ryūichi Sakamoto | 03:14 |
8. | Private Elementary School 寺小屋 | Ryūichi Sakamoto | 03:37 |
9. | Mother and Baby 母と子 | Ryūichi Sakamoto | 02:23 |
10. | God Of Death 死神 | Ryūichi Sakamoto | 02:58 |
11. | Losing 喪失 | Ryūichi Sakamoto | 04:33 |
12. | Wake Up 我にかえる | Ryūichi Sakamoto | 02:10 |
13. | Sweets 菓子 | Ryūichi Sakamoto | 03:01 |
14. | In The Courtyard 中庭にて | Ryūichi Sakamoto | 04:27 |
15. | No Topknots 髷がない | Ryūichi Sakamoto | 02:18 |
16. | The Red Armor 赤備え | Ryūichi Sakamoto | 03:28 |
17. | Reminiscence 回想 | Ryūichi Sakamoto | 03:32 |
18. | Harakiri Endroll | Ryūichi Sakamoto | 03:58 |