Directed by:
Masaki KobayashiScreenplay:
Shinobu HashimotoCinematography:
Yoshio MiyajimaComposer:
Tôru TakemitsuVOD (1)
Plots(1)
Following the collapse of his clan, unemployed samurai Hanshiro Tsugumo (Tatsuya Nakadai) arrives at the manor of Lord Iyi, begging to commit ritual suicide on his property. Iyi's clans men, believing the desperate ronin is merely angling for charity, try to force him to eviscerate himself - but they have underestimated his honor and his past. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Tatsuya Nakadai](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272374_48e342.jpg)
Tatsuya Nakadai
Japan
Best movies:
Zatoichi at the Fire Festival (1970)
The Human Bullet (1968)
Seven Samurai (1954)
![Rentarô Mikuni](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272791_ba5bb5.jpg)
Rentarô Mikuni
Japan
Best movies:
Natsu no niwa - The Friends (1994)
Harakiri (1962)
Zatoichi at Large (1972)
![岩下志麻](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/360/360374_e2163d.jpg)
岩下志麻
Japan
Best movies:
Harakiri (1962)
Sword of the Beast (1965)
The River Fuefuki (1960)
Akira Ishihama
Japan
Best movies:
Harakiri (1962)
Immortal Love (1961)
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
Akiji Kobayashi
Japan
Best movies:
Harakiri (1962)
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972)
Shogun Assassin (1980)
![佐藤慶](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886928_70bf11.jpg)
佐藤慶
Japan
Best movies:
The Man Who Stole the Sun (1979)
Zatoichi's Vengeance (1966)
Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963)
Hisashi Igawa
Best movies:
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Harakiri (1962)
After the Rain (1999)
Tetsurô Tamba
Japan
Best movies:
Harakiri (1962)
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (1972)
Three Outlaw Samurai (1964)
Yoshirô Aoki
Japan
Best movies:
Samurai Rebellion (1967)
Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963)
Harakiri (1962)
稲葉義男
Japan
Best movies:
Seven Samurai (1954)
Harakiri (1962)
The Old Bear Hunter (1982)
Nakajirō Tomita
Japan
Best movies:
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)
Harakiri (1962)
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)