An unemployed samurai in seventeenth-century Japan visits a feudal lord threatening harakiri in the hope that he will be employed, but his request is denied and the warrior is honor-bound to carry out the ritual suicide.
General Note: DVDs.Disc label title.Based on a novel by Yasuhiko Takiguchi.Originally released as motion picture in 1962.Widescreen version.Special features include: interviews with Masaki Kobayashi, Tatsuya Nakadai, Shinobu Hashimoto, introduction by Donald Richie, essay by Joan Mellen, theatrical trailer, poster gallery.Production notes inserted in container.For private home use only.LSC 56.51In Japanese with English subtitles.