How violent
My father walked in when i was watching the end of Kill Bill and said it was a lot like this movie(and other martial arts movies)but this was more brutal, so i was wondering how violent is this, worse than kill bill?
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I have the similar feeling, but it's not because of the violence. I almost think the fighting scene of Kill Bill come from this movie. The building, the set, the situation of the charactor are very similar. It is violent, but also realistic, not like Kill Bill.
shareI would say it is brutal and pictured far better than Kill Bill. In my view it is menancing because there is an element of reality. After all the fight, the protagonist does not kill in 10s and 20s; just kills 4 and wounds 8 critically.
I too could not help myself thinking about the Kill Bill scene :-)
There is violence in SEPPUKU. But none of it is gratuitous. It's portrayed to show what really happened.
There is the scene where Chijiiwa Motome is forced to commit seppuku with his bamboo wakizashi (he had been so poor, he had earlier sold his real sword blades, substituting bamboo blades). I read that when the movie was first shown, back in the 1960s, some people were shocked by this scene.
Then the swordfight scenes. Especially the final one. This is a violent, heart-wrenching film.
In terms of just violence, the Kill Bill movies are way more violent. By far. I don't remember seeing any dismembered limbs in Harakiri.
But Kill Bill is cartoonish, a popcorn movie, whereas Harakiri is very pessimistic, the mood is violent. There is a large degree of emotion in the film; it feels realistic and morbid.
In terms of bloodshed, no this film is not even close. However, the violence is much more realistic and much more serious. I found the seppuku (ritual suicide) scene very unnerving to sit through.
Miles ahead of Kill Bill though, much better film.
I am not gonna lie it was more violent then I thought it would be. However most of the violence is not seen until about ten minutes to the end of the film.
shareYou can't really compare these two movies which are different on all accounts.
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