Teaser - Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (Ichimei)
Posted by Kevin Ouellette on April 28, 2011 - 11:51pm
Filed under: Chambara, Drama, Jidaigeki, Future releases, Trailer Updates
The official website for Takashi Miike’s Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai has been updated with a teaser trailer.
This is a 3D remake of Masaki Kobayashi’s 1962 film Harakiri (Seppuku) and will be competing for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in a few weeks.
Taking over for Tatsuya Nakadai, who starred in the original version, Kabuki actor Ebizo Ichikawa plays a poverty-stricken samurai named Hanshiro Tsugumo who arrives at the manor of a feudal lord under the pretense of wanting to find a suitable place to commit seppuku. The lord sees this as a bluff, as many hard up samurai had made the same request in hopes of getting a hand-out. However, Tsugumo’s true motive is to complete the last part of his vengeance. Eita, Koji Yakusho, and Hikari Mitsushima also star.
Shochiku will be releasing “Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai” in Japan sometime in October 2011.
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