Takashi Miike, the visionary director of 2010’s 13 Assassins, returns with a remake of the 1963 Masaki Kobayashi film Harakiri. In this harrowing samurai drama, a poverty-stricken young warrior seeks an honorable death through ritual suicide. Back in 2011 this was the first 3D film to be screened at Cannes.
Updates: A clip from Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai can be seen here. A non-subbed trailer can be seen here.
BREAKING NEWS: A new trailer, courtesy of Apple Quicktime. The film will be On Demand this July 17th and in limited theatrical release on July 20th.