Harakiri (1962) Criterion Collection 720p BluRay x264-WiKi

Posted on May 21, 2012

Harakiri / Seppuku (1962)

Drama

Set in 17th-century Japan, director Makaki Kobayahi's HARAKIRI stars Tatsuya Nakadai (RAN) as masterless samurai Hanshiro Tsugumo. Structured in a series of flashbacks, the film opens in a period of serenity that has brought about a consolidation of power in Japan, resulting in the release of many samurai from their feudal obligations. These men–Hanshiro included–are in desperate straits, struggling to avoid poverty and starvation. According to their code, they must appear at clan estates and offer to commit seppuku, or ritual disembowelment, and often the clan retainer will offer them work or alms. When Hanshiro arrives at such an estate, the chief retainer Kageyu Saito (Rentaro Mikuni) tells him a cautionary tale about the fate of samurai Motome Chijiiwa (Akira Ishihama), who was forced to commit seppuku with a dull bamboo sword as punishment for dishonoring the samurai code.

Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Ishihama, Shima Iwashita, Tetsurô Tanba, Masao Mishima
Director: Masaki Kobayashi

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.Plot
TAGLINE……………….: Harakiri
GENRE…………………: Drama
IMDb RATING……………: 8.5/10 (8,777 votes)
IMDb LINK……………..: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056058/

.Release.Info
ENCODER……………….: YiFan @ WiKi
RELEASE DATE…………..: 2012-05-16
RELEASE SIZE…………..: 8.75 G
SOURCE………………..: 1080p Blu-ray AVC LPCM1.0-CHDBits

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RUNTIME……………….: 2h:13m:02s
VIDEO CODEC……………: x264 @ 8965Kbps
RESOLUTION…………….: 1280×544
DISPLAY ASPECT RATIO……: 2.35:1
FRAME RATE…………….: 23.976 fps
AUDiO CODEC……………: Japanese AC3 @ 448Kbps(For LPCM1.0)

.x264.Info
x264 [info]: profile High, level 4.1
x264 [info]: frame I:1020 Avg QP:18.28 size:164914
x264 [info]: frame P:34201 Avg QP:20.57 size: 82557
x264 [info]: frame B:156145 Avg QP:23.46 size: 38121
x264 [info]: consecutive B-frames: 0.8% 0.4% 1.1% 5.6% 16.8% 65.8% 6.9% 1.6% 1.0%

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