Seppuku severed by Hiroyasu Koga, a former kendo champion. Morita then attempted to perform seppuku himself, and when his own cuts were too shallow to be fatal, he gave the signal and he too was beheaded by Koga. This list of notable seppuku cases is in chronological order. The expected honor-suicide of the samurai wife is frequently referenced in Japanese literature and film, such as in "Taiko" by Eiji Yoshikawa, "Humanity and Paper Balloons", and "Rashomon". Seppuku is also referenced and described multiple times in the 1975 James Clavell novel, "Shōgun"; its subsequent the 1980 miniseries "Shōgun" brought the term and
Samurai Warriors 2 mixed to negative. GameRankings and Metacritic gave it a score of 62% and 58 out of 100 for the PlayStation 2 version; 56% and 52 out of 100 for the Xbox 360 version; and 49% and 43 out of 100 for the PC version. The only positive review came from "Famitsu", which gave the PS2 version a score of 36 out of 40. "Empires" was met with a little more mixed reception than the original "Samurai Warriors 2". GameRankings and Metacritic gave it a score of 57% and 55 out of 100 for the PS2 version, and 55% and 53