Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai vs Special Unit - The First Murder
Special Unit - The First Murder has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 7.2/10 for Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai). Special Unit - The First Murder is the shorter watch at 2h 5m compared with 2h 8m. Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai is the older of the two (2011 against 2025). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
Special Unit - The First Murder| Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai | Special Unit - The First Murder | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.2/10 | ★ 8.8/10 |
| Year | 2011 | 2025 |
| Length | 2h 8m | 2h 5m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Crime, Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Takashi Miike | Christoffer Boe |
| Main cast | Hikari Mitsushima, Takehiro Hira, Naoto Takenaka, Koji Yakusho, Hirofumi Arai | Nicolaj Kopernikus, Lars Ranthe, Clara Rugaard, Alex Høgh Andersen, Mille Lehfeldt |
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.
Special Unit - The First Murder
Denmark in 1927. The ambitious police officer Otto Himmelstrup leads the newly formed Special Unit, which is tasked with assisting local police in solving particularly difficult crimes. When a body is found in a burnt-out summer house in Esbjerg, Otto and his team begin to unravel an unusual murder mystery, revealing power struggles and corruption among the city’s elite. The closer the unit gets to the truth, the more dangerous it becomes…
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