From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!cmcl2!philabs!sdcsvax!logo Newsgroups: net.movies Title: Harakiri Article-I.D.: sdcsvax.35 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) uucp : ...!ucbvax!sdcsvax!logo arpanet : sdcsvax!logo@nosc