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Harakiri

  • 1919
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 20m
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
778
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Harakiri (1919)
Drama

The Buddhist priest wants the Daughter of the Daimyo to become a priestess at the Forbidden Garden. The Daimyo thinks if he were in Europe that his daughter should decide on her own, but he ... Read allThe Buddhist priest wants the Daughter of the Daimyo to become a priestess at the Forbidden Garden. The Daimyo thinks if he were in Europe that his daughter should decide on her own, but he is denounced and has to commit harakiri. She meets Olaf, a European officer, falls in love... Read allThe Buddhist priest wants the Daughter of the Daimyo to become a priestess at the Forbidden Garden. The Daimyo thinks if he were in Europe that his daughter should decide on her own, but he is denounced and has to commit harakiri. She meets Olaf, a European officer, falls in love and marries him, but after a few months he has to return to Europe. She gives birth to a ... Read all

  • Director
    • Fritz Lang
  • Writers
    • David Belasco
    • Max Jungk
    • John Luther Long
  • Stars
    • Paul Biensfeldt
    • Lil Dagover
    • Georg John
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.6/10
    778
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Fritz Lang
    • Writers
      • David Belasco
      • Max Jungk
      • John Luther Long
    • Stars
      • Paul Biensfeldt
      • Lil Dagover
      • Georg John
    • 9User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
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    Harakiri (1919)
    Lil Dagover, Georg John, and Niels Prien in Harakiri (1919)
    Lil Dagover and Loni Nest in Harakiri (1919)
    Lil Dagover and Niels Prien in Harakiri (1919)
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    Paul Biensfeldt
    • Daimyo Tokuyawa
    Lil Dagover
    Lil Dagover
    • O-Take-San
    Georg John
    Georg John
    • Buddhist Monk
    Meinhart Maur
    • Prince Matahari
    Rudolf Lettinger
    Rudolf Lettinger
    • Karan
    Erner Huebsch
    • Kin-Be-Araki
    Käte Küster
    • Hanake
    • (as Kaete Juster)
    Niels Prien
    • Olaf J. Anderson
    Herta Heden
    • Eva
    Loni Nest
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      • Fritz Lang
    • Writers
      • David Belasco
      • Max Jungk
      • John Luther Long
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      The film was originally released in the United States and other countries as Madame Butterfly because of the source material on which it is based and which also inspired Giacomo Puccini's eponymous 1904 opera.

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    6/10
    "Fear the unrelenting wrath of the Buddha!"
    It's always cool to see rare, barely seen films from famous directors. This one is Fritz Lang's take on M. Butterfly (a story (a novel? a play?) with which I am unfamiliar), about a Japanese woman who marries a European man, only to be abandoned by him, poor and pregnant. The story of the film is very good and should have made a better film. Unfortunately, Lang's direction is very unimpressive and plodding. The actors, too are poor, except for Lil Dangover as the Japanese woman, who is merely adequate. It reeks of early directorial effort. It's definitely worth seeing if you get the chance, if only as a curio. 6/10.

    PS: the quotation I cited in the summary above is actually spoken in the film by a Buddhist monk who wants to destroy the Japanese woman. Can you think of any god more intimidating than the Buddha? I know I can't.
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    • Oct 28, 2001

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    • Release date
      • December 6, 1920 (Denmark)
    • Country of origin
      • Germany
    • Languages
      • None
      • Dutch
    • Also known as
      • Харакири
    • Filming locations
      • Decla Lot, Tierpark Hagenbeck, Hamburg, Germany(Studio)
    • Production companies
      • Decla-Bioscop AG
      • Decla-Film-Gesellschaft Holz & Co.
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 20 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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