Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai vs National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt
National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 7.2/10 for Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai). Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai is the shorter watch at 2h 8m compared with 2h 20m. Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai is the older of the two (2011 against 2022). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt| Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai | National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.2/10 | ★ 8.8/10 |
| Year | 2011 | 2022 |
| Length | 2h 8m | 2h 20m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Takashi Miike | Patrick Marber |
| Main cast | Hikari Mitsushima, Takehiro Hira, Naoto Takenaka, Koji Yakusho, Hirofumi Arai | Arty Froushan, Eleanor Wyld, Joshua Satine, Aidan McArdle, Wesley Holloway |
Synopsis
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
A tale of revenge, honor and disgrace, centering on a poverty-stricken samurai who discovers the fate of his ronin son-in-law, setting in motion a tense showdown of vengeance against the house of a feudal lord.
National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt
At the beginning of the 20th century, Leopoldstadt was the old, crowded Jewish quarter of Vienna, Austria. But Hermann Merz, a factory owner and baptised Jew now married to Catholic Gretl, has moved up in the world. We follow his family’s story across half a century, passing through the convulsions of war, revolution, impoverishment, annexation by Nazi Germany and the Holocaust. A company of 40 actors represent each generation of the family in…
Where to watch
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