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Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai

2011 · 128 min · Director: Takashi Miike, Takashi Miike ★ IMDb 7.3 · 10,323 ratings

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A tale of revenge, honor and disgrace, centering on a poverty-stricken samurai who discovers the fate of his ronin son-in-law, setting in motion a tense showdown of vengeance against the house of a feudal lord.

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Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Tension 35%, Sadness 25%, Anger 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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The strongest emotional signals are Tension, Sadness, Anger. Genres: Drama. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Tension, Sadness and Anger. Its IMDb rating of 7.3/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Empathy
  • Sadness
  • Tension

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Empathy
Sadness
Tension
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 23 %, then peaks around 73 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathySadnessTension
2.5 %≈ 3′Tension40 %22 %20 %40 %
7.5 %≈ 10′Tension51 %33 %25 %51 %
12.5 %≈ 16′Tension68 %49 %31 %68 %
17.5 %≈ 22′Tension81 %68 %46 %80 %
22.5 %≈ 29′Disturbing85 %70 %56 %83 %
27.5 %≈ 35′Tension70 %51 %44 %68 %
32.5 %≈ 42′Empathy54 %44 %31 %41 %
37.5 %≈ 48′Empathy51 %51 %29 %20 %
42.5 %≈ 54′Empathy55 %58 %21 %10 %
47.5 %≈ 61′Empathy60 %61 %24 %15 %
52.5 %≈ 67′Sadness65 %66 %45 %30 %
57.5 %≈ 74′Empathy74 %76 %60 %45 %
62.5 %≈ 80′Empathy86 %86 %71 %65 %
67.5 %≈ 86′Sadness94 %91 %88 %76 %
72.5 %≈ 93′Sadness94 %91 %90 %69 %
77.5 %≈ 99′Empathy90 %80 %69 %68 %
82.5 %≈ 106′Tension87 %63 %45 %77 %
87.5 %≈ 112′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
92.5 %≈ 118′Sadness70 %60 %60 %65 %
97.5 %≈ 125′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Icarus

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

Koji Yakusho

Kageyu

IE
Ichikawa Ebizo XI

Hanshirô Tsugumo

EN
Eita Nagayama

Motome

KN
Kazuki Namioka

Umanosuke Kawabe

Hirofumi Arai

Hayatonosho Matsuzaki

Munetaka Aoki

Hikokuro Omodaka

TS
Takashi Sasano

Sousuke priest

GD
Gorō Daimon

Priest

AS
Ayumu Saito

Fujita

Takehiro Hira

Naotaka Ii

BN
Baijaku Nakamura

Jinnai Chijiiwa

IT
Ippei Takahashi

Naito

YA
Yoshihisa Amano

Sasaki

Details

Written by
Kikumi Yamagishi, Yasuhiko Takiguchi
Type
Movies
Released
2011
Runtime
128 min
Country
Japan, United Kingdom
Genres
Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.3 · 10,323 ratings
Feels mostly
Tension
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