Harakiri = Seppuku.Call Number: PN1997 .H373 2005
Directed by Masaki Kobayashi.
133 minutes; released 1962.
Now that 17th century Japan is at peace, many samurai, finding themselves superfluous, are committing ritual suicide. But when an old warrior visits a feudal lord to commit this act, he learns the fate of his son-in-law and plans revenge. In Japanese with optional English subtitles.