Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
“Love Honour Revenge.”
A tale of revenge, honor and disgrace, centering on a poverty-stricken samurai who discovers the fate of his ronin son-in-law, setting in motion a tense showdown of vengeance against the house of a feudal lord.
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Cast
15 people
Koji Yakusho
Kageyu
Known for
Perfect Days
The Boy and the Beast
Ichikawa Ebizo XI
Hanshirô Tsugumo
Known for
Over Your Dead Body
Blade of the Immortal
Eita Nagayama
Motome
Known for
Monster
Memories of Matsuko
Hikari Mitsushima
Miho
Known for
Love Exposure
First Love
Naoto Takenaka
Tajiri
Known for
Shinjuku Incident
One Piece: Strong World Episode 0
Kazuki Namioka
Umanosuke Kawabe
Known for
13 Assassins
Kamen Rider
Hirofumi Arai
Hayatonosho Matsuzaki
Known for
Blue Spring
100 Yen Love
Munetaka Aoki
Hikokuro Omodaka
Known for
Godzilla Minus One
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
Takashi Sasano
Sousuke priest
Known for
Sanctuary
Love and Honor
Gorō Daimon
Priest
Ayumu Saito
Fujita
Known for
Summer Wars
Ju-on: The Grudge 2
Takehiro Hira
Naotaka Ii
Known for
Shōgun
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
Takashi Miike Director · Kikumi Yamagishi Screenplay Yasuhiko Takiguchi Author
Worldwide gross $5.4M · United States release July 20, 2012 · Produced in Japan, United Kingdom
Box office
Worldwide gross
$5,435,358
Production
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun
Production
Recorded Picture Company
Production
Sedic International
Production
Amuse Soft Entertainment
Production
Kodansha
Production
Yahoo! Japan
Production
Yamanashi Broadcasting System
Production
Shochiku
Production
dentsu
Production
OLM
Production
The Asahi Shimbun
Production
Japan · United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original title
一命
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese · Spanish
Release dates
France · May 19, 2011
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
Japan · October 15, 2011
Theatrical
United States · July 20, 2012
Theatrical
United States
September 30, 2011 · Premiere · Palo Alto International Film Festival
November 13, 2011 · Premiere · LA EigaFest
July 14, 2012 · Premiere · Hamptons International Film Festival
France
November 30, 2011 · Theatrical
January 5, 2012 · Physical · DVD & Blu-Ray
January 7, 2022 · Digital · Prime Video
Germany
May 4, 2012 · Premiere · Nippon Connection Film Festival
May 22, 2012 · Physical · DVD Premiere
Russia
June 28, 2012 · Theatrical
South Korea
July 26, 2012 · Theatrical
Spain
August 17, 2012 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
May 4, 2012 · Theatrical
May 7, 2012 · Physical · DVD
May 12, 2014 · Physical · Blu-ray & DVD
April 7, 2025 · Digital
April 7, 2025 · Physical · Blu-ray & DVD
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