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 Shodown: Warriors Rage Samurai Shodown: Warriors Rage Samurai Shodown: Warriors Rage, known as in Japan, is the seventh game in SNK's "Samurai Shodown" series of fighting games. It was designed for the original Sony PlayStation console. The first change to the earlier games was the improved character roster, which featured all new playable characters with two exceptions: Haohmaru and Hanzo Hattori, though Hattori is not actually the same man as in the earlier versions of the game. In previous versions, Hattori was Hanzo's son Shinzo, who assumed his name. Nicotine, Gaira, Nakoruru and Rimururu - characters from the previous game - not only