White Clothing: Harakiri

Overview

A black and white preface shows a woman in a traditional kimono climbing the stairs as WWII era Mitsubishi Zeros fly through the sky and footage of the Japanese military of the era is superimposed over the footage. She stops at the top of the stairs to say her prayers, rings a bell, and heads inside where the footage is shot in color. She unravels her kimono and rubs her face with the cloth before wrapping her blade and lovingly touching it. She pulls it across her stomach and slits herself open, falling to the mat. She crawls across the mat, dying, slipping in her own slick blood until she can't move anymore.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 1990

Original language

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Right Brain

Cast

Hiromi Saotome

Director

Akio Fuji

Writer

Yuuri Sunohara

Producer

Yuuri Sunohara

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0440801