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By Jeremy Heilman (393) for MovieMartyr.com (391) on 27 Jun 2012

It wouldn't just be a bad pun to suggest that this film hits you in the gut…

Review of Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011)

By Philip French (1,151) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 04 May 2012

The moving story reaches its climax in a beautifully choreographed fight between a platoon of samurai and a man wielding a wooden sword…

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By Donald Clarke (1,051) for Irish Times (1,391) on 03 May 2012

The camera moves with a grace and elegance that seems entirely appropriate to a picture so profoundly concerned with ritual…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for Guardian (4,584) on 02 May 2012

The endlessly prolific Takashi Miike returns with this superbly acted revenger's tragedy…

Review of Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011)

By Adam Woodward (285) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 02 May 2012

Seek out Kobayashi's superior original instead…

Review of Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011)

By Anton Bitel (1,340) for Eye for Film (1,537) on 29 Apr 2012

No comin'-at-ya entrails or stereoscopic sensationalism; instead Miike's first experiment with 3D expands the enclosures of the Ii house into…

Review of Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011)

By Paul M. Bradshaw (67) for Total Film (3,532) on 09 Apr 2012

The 3D is completely redundant and the action sporadic but unexpected gearshifts provide plenty of narrative meat…

Review of Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011)

By Mike D'angelo (730) for AV Club (2,778) on 18 May 2011

It doesn't help that Miike shot Hara-Kiri in 3-D, which as usual accomplishes nothing save for making the action look as if it's taking place…

Review of Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011)

By Glenn Heath Jr. (311) for House Next Door (153) on 18 May 2011

Maybe most heinously, Miike destroys the ending by recreating the final massacre as a bloodless lesson in unmitigated humility…

Review of Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011)

By Mayer Nissim (25) for Digital Spy (1,161) on 18 May 2011

The closing reels make up a fight scene even Quentin Tarantino would have thought too one-sided for Uma and her second-hand yellow jumpsuit…

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