From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!cmcl2!philabs!sdcsvax!logo
Newsgroups: net.movies
Title: Harakiri
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Posted: Sat Feb 19 13:27:20 1983
Received: Thu Feb 24 07:04:07 1983

'Harakiri' is an older black and white Samurai film.  It is incredbile.
One is lead thru a serious of emotions, attitudes, and allegences.  The
film is impactful.  I strongly reccommend it.

The story is about the life circumstances for a couple of ronin (unemployed
samurai).  There are a few places that would be problematic for those who
are squeemish about blood.

A general comment about samurai films, for those who haven't been:
Although there is often quite a bit of death and fighting, the violence
is usually non-explicit.  No arms falling off, often no blood stains on
clothing.  The camera is cut away just before the blow lands.  This may
be less true of B grade samurai films and of martial arts films.  Can
anybody comment one way or the other on that?

I also reccommend 'Kagemusha - The Shadow Warrior', a relatively recent
film by Kurasawa.

  David (Reisner)
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