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 the old, but high budget japanese film. 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

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

Japanese "Tanegashima" matchlock arquebus.

They shot Tsugumo