Seppuku (1962)

Réalisateur:

Masaki Kobayashi

Scénaristes:

Shinobu Hashimoto (writer)
Yasuhiko Takiguchi (story)

Date de sortie:

4 août 1964 (USA)

Genre:

Drame

Intrigue:

Peace in 17th-century Japan causes the Shogunate's breakup of warrior clans, throwing thousands of samurai out of work and into poverty...

Plot Keywords:

Samurai | Hara Kiri | Revenge | Poverty | Suicide

Récompenses:

8 wins & 1 nomination

Avis des utilisateurs:

Great movie!!!!!

Ensemble

Tatsuya Nakadai	...	Hanshiro Tsugumo
Rentarô Mikuni	...	Kageyu Saito
Shima Iwashita	...	Miho Tsugumo
Akira Ishihama	...	Motome Chijiiwa
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Shichisaburo Amatsu	...	Retainer
Yoshio Aoki	...	Umenosuke Kawabe
Jo Azumi	...	Ichiro Shimmen
Hisashi Igawa	...	Retainer
Yoshio Inaba	...	Jinai Chijiiwa
Akiji Kobayashi		(as Shôji Kobayashi)
Masao Mishima	...	Tango Inaba
Ichirô Nakatani	...	Hayato Yazaki
Kei Satô	...	Masakazu
Ryo Takeuchi	...	Retainer
Tetsurô Tanba	...	Hikokuro Omodaka

Réalisé par
Masaki Kobayashi

Scénaristes (dans l'ordre alphabétique)
Shinobu Hashimoto		writer
Yasuhiko Takiguchi		story

Produit par
Tatsuo Hosoya	....	producer

Musique originale
Tôru Takemitsu

Image
Yoshio Miyajima

Montage
Hisashi Sagara

Création des décors
Junichi Ozumi
Jusho Toda		(as Shigemasa Toda)

Companies de production

• Shôchiku Eiga

Distributeurs

• Shôchiku Eiga (1962) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Signal International (1964) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Criterion Collection, The (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (1975) (USA) (TV) (network premiere)
• Japanski Sinemaskop (1964) (Yugoslavia) (theatrical)
• Svensk Filmindustri (SF) (1965) (Sweden) (theatrical)

Autre(s) titre(s):

Harakiri (USA)

Durée:

133 min

Pays:

Japan

Langue:

Japonais

Couleur:

Noir et Blanc

Rapport de forme:

2,35 : 1

Son:

Mono

Classification:

UK:X | France:U | Argentina:16 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

Société:

Shôchiku Eiga

Anecdotes:

Stage-trained actor Tatsuya Nakadai and older film actor Rentarô Mikuni could not agree on an acceptable speaking voice while sharing the film stage. Nakadai spoke loudly and Mikuni spoke softly each citing their related acting experiences for their choice. They strongly disagreed with each other. The director, Masaki Kobayashi, halted filming and stated that he would not resume until both the actors came to an agreement. They did; stopping the shooting for three days!

Guillemet:

Hanshiro Tsugumo: After all, this thing we call samurai honor is ultimately nothing but a facade.

Connexions De Film:

Référencé sur Jeanie's Magic Box (1972)

Great movie!!!!!

Little did I know that when my teacher said that this movie would be one of the best, if not the best, movies I have ever seen, that he would be telling the truth. I thought the movie was great. I thought `Hara-kiri' was very well written and well developed. I originally thought I was in for another Asian samurai movie filled with sword swinging, kung fu action, but it was so much more than that. It was a movie that shined a light on Japanese traditions and the hypocrisy of those in authoritative places. I really enjoyed the movie. It was one of those movies that if you fell to sleep on it or weren't paying attention you couldn't just fall back in line and think you could still follow the story. There was so much going on that you just wanted to give it all your attention. I enjoyed it because even though it `Die Hard' action packed, it still captured you. To one who knows that `hara-kiri' refers to suicide, you would probably assume that the movie would be grim and coarse. However, it was absolutely the opposite. It was a movie that really helped me to appreciate the strong and noble traditions of ancient Japan.