The Criterion Collection
Harakiri
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Directed by: Masaki Kobayashi
Featuring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Rentaro Mikuni, Akira Ishihama, Shima Iwashita, Tetsuro Tanba, Masao Mishima, Ichiro Nakaya, Kei Sato, Yoshio Inaba, Yoshiro Aoki
Year: 1962
Time: 133 min.
Series: The Criterion Collection
Edition #: 302
Release Date: October 04 2011
MSRP:
$39.95
Blu-ray
1 Disc | BD-50
2.35:1 ratio
Japanese 1.0 PCM Mono
Subtitles: English
Region A
Video introduction by Japanese-film historian Donald Richie
Excerpt from a rare Directors Guild of Japan video interview with director Masaki Kobayashi, moderated by filmmaker Masahiro Shinoda
Video interviews with star Tatsuya Nakadai and screenwriter Shinobu Hashimoto
Original theatrical trailer
A booklet featuring a new essay by film scholar Joan Mellen and a reprint of Mellen’s 1972 interview with Masaki Kobayashi