Seppuku: The Sun Goes Down (2026)
Overview
Kakizaki Yuji’s period film is not like the jidaigeki films we are used to. While it deals with themes of seppuku, duty, and loyalty to one’s masters and the shogun, we see very little in terms of action. Instead, the film focuses on the inner thoughts and struggles of the protagonist—who is ordered to perform a ritual suicide—his wife, and their entire household, all leading up to the final moment.
Cast
Yuka Takeshima
Masayuki Deai
Yasuyuki Maekawa
Ema Fujisawa
Masaya Kikawada
Toshiya Sakai
Yuichi Haba
Hiroaki Murakami
Recommendations
Bushido
Radium Girls
After the Rain
Oranges and Sunshine
The Book of Daniel
Throne of Blood
Adventures of a Mathematician
Munich - The Edge of War
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
New Tale of Zatoichi
Starving in Suburbia
Shattered Glass
Buddha: The Great Departure
Belfast
United
Miss Hokusai
The Current War
TalhotBlond
Hamlet
Richard Jewell