First Trailer for HARA-KIRI: DEATH OF A SAMURAI from the Director of 13 ASSASSINS
by Dave Trumbore Posted: June 22nd, 2012 at 3:40 pm

The new trailer for Takashi Miike’s Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai has landed. The 13 Assassins’ director has remade the 1964 Masaki Kobayashi original, which tells the tale of an elder, poverty-stricken samurai who goes to his feudal lord’s home to commit an honorable suicide. Things take an unexpected turn when the fate of the samurai’s son-in-law is discovered. Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai stars Koji Yakusho (13 Assassins), Eita (Azumi) and Hikari Mitsushima. The Tribeca film is available on VOD staring July 18th, with a 3D theatrical release in New York and LA starting July 20th. Hit the jump to check out the trailer for Miike’s Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai.
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