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小林正樹, 仲代達矢, 岩下志麻, 石浜朗, 滝口康彦, 松竹株式会社. Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: HAR110 | Home Vision EntertainmentLanguage: Japanese Subtitle language: English Series: Criterion collection ; 302.Publication details: [United States] : Home Vision Enertainment : Janus Films, [2005]Description: 2 videodiscs (133 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 bookletContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 0780030060
  • 9780780030060
Other title:
  • Title on disc label: Hara kiri
  • Title on container spine: Harakiri
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.4372 22
LOC classification:
  • PN1997 .H357 2005
Contents:
Disc 1. The film -- disc 2. The supplements.
Production credits:
  • Kyakuhon: Hashimoto Shinobu ; kantoku: Kobayashi Masaki ; satsuei: Miyajima Yoshio ; ongaku: Takemitsu Tōru.
Cast: Nakadai Tatsuya, Iwashita Shima, Ishihama Akira.Summary: Peace in 17th-century Japan causes the Shogunate's breakup of warrior clans, throwing thousands of samurai out of work and into poverty. An honorable end to such fate under the samurai code is ritual suicide, or hara-kiri.
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD 0569 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050094705

880-04 Based on the novel "Ibun rōninki" by Takiguchi Yasuhiko.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1962.

Run time: approx. 133 min.

Special features: disc 1: new, restored high-definition digital transfer; exclusive video introduction by Japanese-film historian Donald Richie; original theatrical trailer; new and improved English subtitle translation; disc 2: rare excerpt of a Directors Guild of Japan video interview with director Masaki Kobayashi conducted by filmmaker Masahiro Shinoda (Double Suicide); new video interviews with star Tatsuya Nakadai and screenwriter Shinobu Hashimoto; poster gallery; A 32-page booklet featuring a new essay by film scholar Joan Mellen and a reprint of her 1972 interview with Kobayashi.

Disc 1. The film -- disc 2. The supplements.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.

In Japanese with optional English subtitles.

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