Seppuku and given a set time to commit seppuku, usually before sunset on a given day. On occasion, if the sentenced individuals were uncooperative or outright refused to end their own lives, it was not unheard of for them to be restrained and the seppuku carried out by an executioner, or for the actual execution to be carried out instead by decapitation while retaining only the trappings of seppuku; even the short sword laid out in front of the offender could be replaced with a fan. Unlike voluntary seppuku, seppuku carried out as capital punishment did not necessarily absolve, or pardon,
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