UW Cinematheque - New Restorations and Special Presentations
Harakiri | Japan | 1962 | 35mm | 133 min. | Japanese with English subtitles Director: Masaki Kobayashi
Event Details
Date
Saturday, February 21, 2026
Time
7 p.m.
Location
4070 Vilas Hall
Description
Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Rentaro Mikuni, Akira Ishihama.
A destitute samurai seeks aid from a still prosperous clan, but finds only humiliation when he’s forced to commit seppuku with a bamboo sword. Soon, the samurai’s father-in-law visits the clan with revenge on his mind. Kobayashi’s staid camerawork and Toru Takemitsu’s score emphasize the tension in this enormously suspenseful and beautiful masterwork.
A destitute samurai seeks aid from a still prosperous clan, but finds only humiliation when he’s forced to commit seppuku with a bamboo sword. Soon, the samurai’s father-in-law visits the clan with revenge on his mind. Kobayashi’s staid camerawork and Toru Takemitsu’s score emphasize the tension in this enormously suspenseful and beautiful masterwork.
Cost
Free
Contact
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please call 608-262-3627 or email ben.reiser@wisc.edu to make a disability-related accommodation request. Requests should be made by Saturday, February 7, 2026, though reasonable effort will be made to support late accommodation requests.