Not as good as original Drags Ending isn't as good Blurs message
Harakiri: Death Of A Samurai was Takashi Miike’s remake of the 1962 classic Harakiri by Masaki Kobayashi.<br /><br />The film begins with the ronin (masterless samurai) Tsukumo Hanshiro (Ichikawa Ebizo) arriving at the residence of the Ii clan claiming impoverishment and wanting to commit ritual suicide with the clan’s help. It turns out that earlier another ronin Chijiwa Motome (Eita) appeared at the clan’s home asking for the same thing, and coming from the same clan as Tsukumo. The Il believed that Motome was just trying to get money, so they decide to force him to commit suicide to make an example out of him. In fact, they make him slit his belly with his own sword, which was made of bamboo because he pawned the real one. At first, Hanshiro claims ignorance of Motome, but it turns out they did know each other and Hanshiro is there to put the Ii on trial for their actions.<br /><br />The story for the most part sticks to the original 1962 version with just a few additions. Motome’s suicide for instance makes you squirm in both movies. In fact, the newer version is even worse. The major difference was they changed up the ending, with the original being better.<br /><br />The problem with both films is that the story takes so long to develop. In fact, the remake seems to go at an even slower pace than the 1962 version even though it’s a few minutes shorter.<br /><br />An even bigger issue is that the remake falters with the message. In 1962 Masaki Kobayashi made a film critiquing the entire idea of Bushido, the way of the samurai. He believed the lords, the clans, the samurai code, everything was a lie. If the samurai were so much about honor they would have never disrespected Motome as they did. In the 2011 version it’s more about one man’s struggle to seek revenge, rather than condemning the system itself.<br />C
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 {"Genre": "Action & Adventure/Martial Arts", "Format": "Multiple Formats, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen", "Contributor": "Takashi Miike, Eita, Naoto Takenaka, Koji Yakusho", "Language": "Japanese", "Runtime": "2 hours and 6 minutes", "MPAA rating": "NR (Not Rated)", "Product Dimensions": "0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 Ounces", "Item model number": "26172168", "Director": "Takashi Miike", "Media Format": "Multiple Formats, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen", "Run time": "2 hours and 6 minutes", "Release date": "January 22, 2013", "Actors": "Koji Yakusho, Eita, Naoto Takenaka", "Subtitles": "English, Japanese", "Studio": "Tribeca", "Number of discs": "1"}

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