Harakiri

Summary

Harakiri is a film^[1]. Harakiri ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (804 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Harakiri's image is recorded as Kinema-Junpo-1963-February-Special-2.jpg^[3].
• Harakiri's instance of is recorded as film^[4].
• Harakiri's director is recorded as Masaki Kobayashi^[5].
• Harakiri's screenwriter is recorded as Shinobu Hashimoto^[6].
• Harakiri's composer is recorded as Tōru Takemitsu^[7].
• Harakiri's genre is recorded as action film^[8].
• Harakiri's genre is recorded as drama film^[9].
• Harakiri's genre is recorded as historical film^[10].
• Harakiri's genre is recorded as historical drama^[11].
• Harakiri's genre is recorded as samurai cinema^[12].
• Harakiri's cast member is recorded as Tatsuya Nakadai^[13].
• Harakiri's cast member is recorded as Kei Satō^[14].
• Harakiri's cast member is recorded as Rentarō Mikuni^[15].
• Harakiri's cast member is recorded as Shima Iwashita^[16].
• Harakiri's cast member is recorded as Tetsurō Tamba^[17].
• Harakiri's cast member is recorded as Yoshio Inaba^[18].
• Harakiri's cast member is recorded as Akiji Kobayashi^[19].
• Harakiri's cast member is recorded as Akira Ishihama^[20].
• Harakiri's cast member is recorded as Ichirō Nakatani^[21].
• Harakiri's cast member is recorded as Masao Mishima^[22].
• Harakiri's production company is recorded as Shochiku^[23].
• Harakiri's director of photography is recorded as Yoshio Miyajima^[24].
• Harakiri's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0056058^[25].
• Harakiri's original language of film or TV show is recorded as Japanese^[26].
• Harakiri's Commons category is recorded as Harakiri^[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Harakiri's director is recorded as Masaki Kobayashi^[5]. Harakiri's screenwriter is recorded as Shinobu Hashimoto^[6]. Cast members include Tatsuya Nakadai^[13], Kei Satō^[14], Rentarō Mikuni^[15], Shima Iwashita^[16], Tetsurō Tamba^[17], and Yoshio Inaba^[18].

Publication

Publication dates include +1962-01-01T00:00:00Z^[28], +1962-09-16T00:00:00Z^[29], and +1964-08-04T00:00:00Z^[30]. Harakiri's original language of film or TV show is recorded as Japanese^[26]. Genres include action film^[8], drama film^[9], historical film^[10], historical drama^[11], and samurai cinema^[12].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include seppuku^[31], samurai^[32], revenge^[33], suicide^[34], ronin^[35], and Edo period^[36].

Reception

Reviews include 100%^[37], 85/100^[38], 8.6/10^[39], and 4.7/5^[40].

Why It Matters

Harakiri ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (804 views/month).^[2] Harakiri has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[41] Harakiri is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[42]