Harakiri (1962) and Idealistic Intention

 

"When all is said and done, our lives are like houses built on foundations of sand. One strong wind and all is gone."

Honour as an expected standard to uphold within a society vs. Honour as a principle to oneself; to a code vs. to conscience

"Honourable" samurai who scramble to preserve an image of honour built off of falsehoods vs. Men of honour who are forced into shameful circumstance

The machine of expectations built by society vs. the individual

"Proper" vs Unbecoming...

But by whose metric?

Harakiri presents these ideas in opposition to each other to ask a profound question: Are we blind slaves to the ideals we uphold?