A 1962 Japanese film directed by Masaki Kobayashi, telling the story of a ronin who requests to commit ritual suicide in a feudal lord's manor, using the opportunity to reveal the hypocrisy of the samurai code. The film is highly acclaimed for its powerful themes of honor, duty, and social injustice, and is often regarded as one of the greatest films of all time. Like new! In original Japanese with English subtitles.