Japan Synopsis
一命
“Love Honour Revenge.”
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.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 2010–2012 Japan Window
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai holds position #146 of 441 Japan films in the 2010–2012 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai premiered alongside 138 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 138 other Japan films in 2011.
The 2524th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
151 audience reviews — more than 82% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 70th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- harakiri · 3
- code of honor · 2
- daimos · 1
- daimyô · 1
- hara-kiri · 1
- feudal japan · 26
- poverty · 24
- ronin · 18
- honor · 10
- asia · 9
- shogun · 8
- seppuku · 7
- bushido · 7
- feudal lord · 6
- japan · 454
- samurai · 128
- jidaigeki · 61
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,554 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (66th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.4 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #674 of 1,933 (top 35%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Japan, United Kingdom |
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, Recorded Picture Company, Sedic International, Amuse Soft Entertainment, Kodansha |
| Runtime | 2h 6m |
| Release Date | October 15, 2011 |
| IMDb | tt1728196 |