Seppuku the offender's family of the crime. Depending on the severity of the crime, all or part of the property of the condemned could be confiscated, and the family would be punished by being stripped of rank, sold into long-term servitude, or execution. Seppuku was considered the most honorable capital punishment apportioned to Samurai. Zanshu (斬首) and Sarashikubi (晒し首), decapitation followed by a display of the head, was considered harsher, and reserved for samurai who committed greater crimes. The harshest punishments, usually involving death by torturous methods like Kamayude (釜茹で), death by boiling, were reserved for commoner offenders. The first recorded
Samurai Warriors 2 33 days using 25 actors. Samurai Warriors 2: Empires (戦国無双2 Empires) is an expansion to the original "Samurai Warriors 2" and the third Empires expansion by Koei (The first was "", and the second was ""), available for PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360, as well as PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita in a compilation with the original and "Xtreme Legends". The game was first released in Japan on November 16, 2006. Very similar to both "Dynasty Warriors 4 Empires" and "Dynasty Warriors 5 Empires", the game features the strategic and tactical Empire Mode that combines the gameplay of "Samurai Warriors"