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on 3/12/2012
Rough choice... But Harakiri is simply a better made movie.
on 7/27/2013
Harakiri by a large margin. It's simply the greatest Samurai film, and greatest film in all of Japanese cinema.
on 11/26/2013
If I had watched this back in the 60's I would probably say that Seven Samurai is better because of the bold action sequences and its use of montage for the time. Truly epic in scope and style given the limited influences that Kurosawa had to work with. Looking upon them now however, Harakiri has aged remarkably well because of its phenomenal acting, an affecting and iconoclastic screenplay, and incredible story telling style.
on 2/25/2014
Whoa, I'm surprised Seven Samurai isn't getting much love in this matchup. Not that Harakiri isn't good, but Seven Samurai is the greatest film of Japan's greatest director. Can't top that...
on 3/30/2014
Both great films. I just watched Harakiri a couple days ago and was blown away by it. I just barely finished rewatching Seven Samurai and was blown away by it. The edge goes to Kurosawa and Mifune.
on 4/10/2014
"Harakiri" is great and has some of the most unforgettable scenes in film history, especially the bamboo disembowelment which was painfully hard to sit through. Yet Kurosawa wins this matchup quite easily for me.
on 2/23/2015
Harakiri by a good bit. Seven Samurai is epic and entertaining, Harakiri is hard hitting, thematically complex, and has aged much better.
on 4/15/2015
Seven Samurai was fantastic, and Harakiri is one of the most overrated films i seen.
on 6/10/2015
Take that back, Harakiri was very good, but Seven Samurai still the winner.
on 1/27/2016
Seven Samurai is greater, but Harakiri is magnificent
on 11/5/2017
Both of these are great movies. Personally I love the story of Harakiri a little more, but you can't go wrong with either.
on 4/3/2020
Seven Samurai. Harakiri is a great film, but it delved too heavily in melodrama. Seven Samurai perfectly balanced all of its elements, making it an all-time masterpiece.
Harakiri all the way...
on 1/15/2021
Harakiri ist eines der größten Meisterwerke aller Zeiten, noch vor Kurosawas wegweisenden Sieben Samurai.
on 10/5/2022
As much as I admire harakiri it just didn’t hold my interest as much as seven samurai did nor did it keep me as emotionally invested as seven samurai did. I’m sorry but seven samurai is just vastly superior to me.
on 10/16/2022
Scratch that. Harakiri because I’ve never seen a story told better besides a few other films than harakiri so it takes my vote
on 7/8/2023
Harakiri is better. A more succinct and clever story.
