Harakiri

Well no wonder this is the highest rated film on Letterboxd. Even though it is two hours, it grips you almost immediately and makes the time fly by. The story is compelling. It is very simple, but extremely compelling. At first I thought it would be a slog to sit through an old Japanese movie and the only reason it was rated high was because of pretentious movie people. I was WRONG. This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in my life. At some points I wonder if they realized the comedy of our main character continuously saying “but wait!” Every time before his Harakiri. They did it about 800 times but I liked it everytime.