Harakiri

Harakiri (Seppuku) film poster Country 25px 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 the old, but high budget japanese film. Sorry me for the quality of screenshots, this film was filmed many years ago and no one has a good copy. 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

Japanese "Tanegashima" matchlock arquebus.

At the end of this film, Tsugumo kills four and wounds eight while slowly succumbing to his wounds. When a new group of retainers arrive armed with guns, Hanshirō begins seppuku but is shot. This firearm named Tanegashima, this is an old japanese rifle

They shot Tsugumo