Harakiri has become an internet darling in recent years and it is easy to see why. It's the type of film where supernerds can say "yeah, you might have seen every Kirosawa picture, BUT have you seen ____?" It is obviously heavily influenced by Rashomon, a non linear story being told from multiple perspectives, but paid it forward by being a huge influence on others. Quentin basically took the last twenty minutes of the movie and turned it into Kill Bill Vol. 1. The story continuosly twists into places that should seem obvious, but just are not until they happen.

All that being said ... Harakiri also suffers from Old Movie Syndrome. Certain parts of it just move along at a snail's pace. It's an episodic movie and I found myself repeating a cycle. Anytime the story twisted I would become very interested, eyes and ears glued to the screen, but by the end of that segment I was browsing through my phone ... Until the next story turn happened and started the process all over again. This happened at least half a dozen times, possibly more.

So yeah, Harakiri is 100% worth watching for cinephiles. Just don't expect it to move like a modern film, as only the truly greatest talents of the past were able to do. B