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Seppuku - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Harakiri (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Harakiri (or hara-kiri ) most often refers to a form of seppuku (or ritual suicide), often miswritten as "harikari". It may also refer to: Biology •HRK (gene), pronounced "harakiri", a human gene...
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A hard metal band with biographies, releases, links and contacts. ... Metal Maniacs:If you've, over the course of the band's nearly six-year existence, managed to miss or even dismiss Harakiri, listen up…er, read on: this is not just ... more »...
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hara-kiri [Jap.,=belly-cutting], the traditional Japanese form of honorable suicide, also known by its Chinese equivalent, seppuku. It was practiced by the Japanese feudal warrior class in order to avoid falling Around 1500, it became a privileged alternative to execution, ... He selected as his second a faithful friend,
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Samurai were required to always carry their two swords with them, the longer one for battle and the shorter one for committing seppuku (the formal name of harakiri, or the ritual disembowelment that a samurai would perform to avoid shame or disgrace).
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SEPPUKU or HARAKIRI ... In his masterful Harakiri, he deftly juxtaposed the stark black of the aristocracy's kimonos with the brilliant white of the courtyard's sand, lending the film's tonal scheme a symbolic quality. ... After an unemployed warrior is forced by a feudal lord to commit harakiri, his father in-law returns the...
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In-depth film essay style movie review of Masaki Kobayashi's Seppuku (Harakiri) featuring Tatsuya Nakadai & Rintaro Mikuni ... (Harakiri, Japan - 1962)
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