Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai vs National Theatre Live: The Audience

National Theatre Live: The Audience has the higher audience score (8.3/10 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 22m. Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai is the older of the two (2011 against 2013). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai posterHara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai2011 VS National Theatre Live: The Audience posterNational Theatre Live: The Audience2013
Hara-Kiri: Death of a SamuraiNational Theatre Live: The Audience
Audience score★ 7.2/10★ 8.3/10
Year20112013
Length2h 8m2h 22m
GenresDrama, HistoryDrama, History
Country–United Kingdom
DirectorTakashi MiikeRobin Lough
Main castHikari Mitsushima, Takehiro Hira, Naoto Takenaka, Koji Yakusho, Hirofumi AraiPaul Ritter, Helen Mirren, Geoffrey Beevers, Edward Fox, Nell Williams

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: The Audience

For sixty years, Elizabeth II has met each of her twelve Prime Ministers in a weekly audience at Buckingham Palace, a meeting like no other in British public life, it is private.

Where to watch

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