Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
2011 film by Takashi Miike / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (一命, Ichimei) is a 2011 Japanese 3D jidaigeki drama film directed by Takashi Miike. It was produced by Jeremy Thomas and Toshiaki Nakazawa, who previously teamed with Miike on his 2010 film 13 Assassins. The film is a 3D remake of Masaki Kobayashi's 1962 film Harakiri.
Quick Facts Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai, Directed by ...
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai | |
---|---|
Directed by | Takashi Miike |
Written by | Yasuhiko Takiguchi Kikumi Yamagishi |
Based on | Harakiri by Masaki Kobayashi |
Produced by | Toshiaki Nakazawa Jeremy Thomas |
Starring | Ichikawa Ebizō XI Eita Kōji Yakusho |
Cinematography | Nobuyasu Kita |
Edited by | Kenji Yamashita |
Music by | Ryuichi Sakamoto |
Production companies | |
Distributed by | Shochiku (Japan) |
Release dates |
|
Running time | 126 minutes |
Countries | Japan United Kingdom |
Language | Japanese |
Close
It premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, the first 3D film to do so.[2] The Village Voice's Michael Atkinson praised it describing it as "a melodramatic deepening and a grisly doubling-down of Kobayashi's great original".[3] Composer and pop star Ryuichi Sakamoto wrote the original score.