Review of Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011) by Steve P — 27 Dec 2013
A slow moving, devastating drama that explores the potential hypocrisy when honour takes precedence over human need. The recursive storyline goes for a touch too long but overall gently draws us into the incredibly intimate horror of ritual suicide in Japanese traditional culture and some very potent ethical questions. The cinematography is beautiful, acting is powerful, and the soundtrack hauntingly appropriate to the subject matter. Very confronting at times but worth watching if you are a patient viewer. (Japanese with English subtitles).
Overall=**** ;Â acting=**** ;Â story=**** ;Â soundtrack=**** ;Â action=*** ;Â cinematography=****.
This review of Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011) was written by Steve P on 27 Dec 2013.
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai has generally received positive reviews.
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