"Ran" to późne dzieło japońskiego mistrza i zarazem jedno z jego największych dokonań. Kurosawa zawsze fascynował się twórczością Szekspira a tym razem za wzór posłużył mu "Król Lear". Swoim zwyczajem, reżyser umieścił akcję w średniowiecznej Japonii, zaś bohaterami uczynił samurajów. Szekspirowskie trzy córki sędziwego króla zostały zamienione na trzech synów. "Ran" to film o braku litości, okrucieństwie, o tym jak zło, niczym echo, powraca w końcu do swojego sprawcy, by go zniszczyć. Kurosawa nadał swojemu obrazowi wymiar wielkiego, krwawego spektaklu rozgrywającego się w martwych, surrealistycznie posępnych pejzażach. Tak jak sztuka Szekspira, dzieło Kurosawy opowiada o szaleństwie i chaosie, zrealizowane jest jednak z żelazną dyscypliną i precyzją - to obraz o ogromnej sile.

Japonia, XVII wiek. Na dwór potężnego klanu przybywa ronin, by prosić o zezwolenie na popełnienie rytualnego samobójstwa. W odpowiedzi słyszy historię samuraja, który kilka miesięcy wcześniej przybył z taką samą prośbą. Wkrótce okazuje się, że historie obu roninów w zaskakujący sposób łączą się ze sobą... "Harakiri" jest dziś uważane za jedno z największych arcydzieł japońskiego kina, dzieło tej klasy co "Rashomon" czy "Siedmiu samurajów" (filmy te łączy również osoba scenarzysty, legendarnego Shinobu Hashimoto). Niezwykły wizualnie film Masakiego Kobayashiego wyróżniono Specjalną Nagrodą Jury na festiwalu w Cannes.

Film oparty na motywach powieści Michaela Crichtona. Japoński koncern próbuje wykupić amerykańską firmę komputerową. Podczas przyjęcia zorganizowanego przez Japończyków ginie amerykańska call-girl. John Connor (Sean Connery) i jego partner (Wesley Snipes) wkraczają na bardzo niebezpieczną ścieżkę, jako że klientami ofiary byli członkowie amerykańskiego senatu i japońscy businessmani powiązani z Yakuzą. Policja przypuszcza, że morderstwo jest częścią starannie przygotowanego planu zmuszającego amerykanów do podporządkowania się japońskiej dominacji. [opis dystrybutora dvd]

W dziewiętnastowiecznej feudalnej Japonii, powszechny strach sieje brat shoguna, Matsudaira Naritsugu (Gorô Inagaki). W obawie o kruchy, z trudem latami budowany pokój, lokalne władze postanawiają w tajemnicy pozbyć się Naritsugu. Misja zabicia tyrana, zostaje powierzona doskonale wyćwiczonemu w walce samurajowi, Shinzaemonowi Shimadzie (Koji Yakusho). Zbiera on drużynę trzynastu wojowników, którzy podejmą się wykonania tego zadania. [opis dystrybutora dvd]

Samuraj Hanshiro, który popadł w ruinę, pragnie godnej śmierci i prosi o zgodę na popełnienie rytualnego samobójstwa w Domu Ii, rządzonym przez groźnego Kageyu. Próbując odmówić, Kageyu przypomina tragiczną historię podobnej prośby ze strony młodego ronina Motome. Hanshiro jest zszokowany przerażającymi szczegółami losu Motome, ale pozostaje wierny swojej decyzji, aby umrzeć z honorem.

In 1701, Lord Takuminokami Asano has a feud with Lord Kira and he tries to kill Kira in the corridors of the Shogun's palace. The Shogun sentences Lord Asano to commit suppuku and deprives the palace and lands from his clan, but does not punish Lord Kira. Lord Asano's vassals leave the land and his samurais become ronin and want to seek revenge against the dishonor of their Lord. But their leader Kuranosuke Oishi asks the Shogun to restore the Asano clan with his brother Daigaku Asano. One year later, the Shogun refuses his request and Oishi and forty-six ronin revenge their Lord.

After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.

The documentary recounts the world's first nuclear attack and examines the alarming repercussions. Covering a three-week period from the Trinity test to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the program chronicles America's political gamble and the planning for the momentous event. Archival film, dramatizations, and special effects feature what occurred aboard the Enola Gay (the aircraft that dropped the bomb) and inside the exploding bomb.

Kanjuro Nomi is an aging samurai who only has a scabbard. Deserting his lord to wander the land with his daughter Tae, Kanjuro is captured and sentenced to an unusual punishment: he has 30 days to bring a smile to the sad prince who has lost his mother — or else he must die.

The vassals of the Asano clan, who surrendered the castle & became wanderers, deceive the enemy and the public, wait for an opportunity to avenge their master and his family.

Feudal lord Takuminokami Asano has been led to kill himself due to a scheme by Kozukenosuke Kira. Having no time to mourn his death, samurai Kuranosuke Oishi decides to take revenge on Kira, planning an attack with the help of accountant Chosuke Yato… but they don't have enough in their budget.

Sen no Rikyu (Ebizo Ichikawa) is the son of a fish shop owner. Sen no Rikyu then studies tea and eventually becomes one of the primary influences upon the Japanese tea ceremony. With his elegant esthetics, Sen no Rikyu is favored by the most powerful man in Japan Toyotomi Hideyoshi (Nao Omori) and becomes one of his closest advisors. Due to conflicts, Toyotomi Hideyoshi then orders Sen no Rikyu to commit seppuku (suicide). Director Mitsutoshi Tanaka's adaptation of Kenichi Yamamoto's award-winning novel of the same name received the Best Artistic Contribution Award at the 37th Montréal World Film Festival, the Best Director Award at the 2014 Osaka Cinema Festival, the 30th Fumiko Yamaji Cultural Award and the 37th Japan Academy Film Prize in nine categories, including Best Art Direction, Excellent Film and Excellent Actor.

A Choice between Loyalty or Duty of the Samurai! Can the heartlessness of society crush the honor of an individual? In the spring of the 18th year of Kanei, Hosokawa Tadatoshi, feudal lord of the Higo area, died. Although Tadatoshi forbade his vassals to follow him in death before he died, they still committed seppuku one after the other. The new feudal lord, Mitsunao, Tadatoshi's son, also gave the order forbidding seppuku. Abe Yaichiemon obeyed his former lord's last wish but is now being called a coward by his comrades and finally decided to follow Tadatoshi in death in order to save his family's honor. Mitsunao, upset by Yaichiemon actions, punished the Abe family unfairly. Objected to this, the Abe family shut themselves up in their manor as the lords troops moved in. This is the true story of what happened within the Hosokawa clan in early Edo era.

A school girl kneels on her mat looking over an old photo album containing pictures of people committing seppuku. Becoming aroused by what she sees, she touches herself and licks her fingertips. She pulls out a knife of her own, takes off her uniform, and in a very fetishistic manner proceeds to slit open her stomach and then pull out her guts.

Part of the Zankoku-bi: Onna harakiri 01 series.

A woman in a nurse’s outfit sits in a dark room. She kneels on a mat and looks over a knife, touching it with her fingers and examining it. She runs the knife over her stocking clad legs and contemplates suicide. She plunges the blade into her abdominal region and pulls it across.

Explores the ambiguity of sensations, the boundaries between pleasure and pain, a filmmaker's piece about death as the final fetish and the ritual suicide Seppuku.

Directed by Masami Akita,who is also one of Japan's leading noise musicians under the name Merzbow. With a soundtrack by the director himself, this intense and ultra-gory seppuku film shows a young woman taking her own life by an act of ritual harakiri.

A black and white preface shows a woman in a traditional kimono climbing the stairs as WWII era Mitsubishi Zeros fly through the sky and footage of the Japanese military of the era is superimposed over the footage. She stops at the top of the stairs to say her prayers, rings a bell, and heads inside where the footage is shot in color. She unravels her kimono and rubs her face with the cloth before wrapping her blade and lovingly touching it. She pulls it across her stomach and slits herself open, falling to the mat. She crawls across the mat, dying, slipping in her own slick blood until she can't move anymore.

The only difference with this one as opposed to the other "entries" - is this one has 2 girls committing suicide, and they are outdoors and wearing samurai style outfits as opposed to Japanese robes or some other "costume". Also, they stab themselves with samurai swords instead of the typical shorter ritual knives...