Harakiri

Harakiri (Seppuku) Film Poster Country Directed by Masaki Kobayashi Release Date 1962 Language Japanese Studio Shôchiku Eiga Main Cast Character Actor Hanshiro Tsugumo Tatsuya Nakadai Motome Chijiiwa Akira Ishihama Miho Tsugumo Shima Iwashita Hikokuro Omodaka Tetsurô Tanba Tango Inaba Masao Mishima Hayato Yazaki Ichirô Nakatani Masakazu Kei Satô

Harakiri is a Japanese film produced in 1962. The story takes place between 1619 and 1630 during the Edo period and the reign of the Tokugawa shogunate. It tells the story of Hanshirō Tsugumo (Tatsuya Nakadai), a rōnin or warrior without a lord.

The following weapons were used in the film Harakiri:

Tanegashima

The Tanegashima is a widely used weapon throughout the movie. The group of retainers (one of them was played by Hisashi Igawa) fires it during the film's ending.

Japanese "Tanegashima" matchlock arquebus.

They shoot Tsugumo.