Harakiri [LAST SCREENING]

The audio installation Cinéma Moderne, novembre 2023 from Julie Faubert will be presented before the November 22nd screening. Only the following ticketholders will be able to witness the audio installation (by arriving 30 minutes before the screening) : B3, B4, B5, C3, C4, C5, D3, D4, D5.

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Following the collapse of his clan, an unemployed samurai (Tatsuya Nakadai) arrives at the manor of Lord Iyi, begging to be allowed to commit ritual suicide on the property. Iyi’s clansmen, believing the desperate ronin is merely angling for a new position, try to force his hand and get him to eviscerate himself—but they have underestimated his beliefs and his personal brand of honor. Winner of the Cannes Film Festival’s Special Jury Prize, Harakiri, directed by Masaki Kobayashi is a fierce evocation of individual agency in the face of a corrupt and hypocritical system.

*Special Jury Prize – Cannes Film Festival 1962