EPISODE · Jul 20, 2018
#40: Harakiri
from Blade Licking Thieves · host Zen
The orderly, rigid code of bushido smashes up against human feeling in Masaki Kobayashi's Harakiri (1962), a stunningly trenchant piece of subversive film-making --written by Rashoman and Seven Samurai scribe Shinobu Hashimoto, and starring the great Tatsuya Nakadai -- that threatens to demolish the foundational ethos all of samurai cinema is built upon. Timestamps: Intro + News (00:00) Review (31:25) Twitter Questions (1:46:05)
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The orderly, rigid code of bushido smashes up against human feeling in Masaki Kobayashi's Harakiri (1962), a stunningly trenchant piece of subversive film-making --written by Rashoman and Seven Samurai scribe Shinobu Hashimoto, and starring the great Tatsuya Nakadai -- that threatens to demolish the foundational ethos all of samurai cinema is built upon. Timestamps: Intro + News (00:00) Review (31:25) Twitter Questions (1:46:05)
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