Chapter 68
6'Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai' (2011)
Letterboxd Rating: 3.7/5
There are three remakes directed by Takashi Miike that crack his top 10 highest-rated movies on Letterboxd, with Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai being one of them. It's a faithful updating/retelling of the classic 1962 film Harakiri, about a man seeking revenge against a clan of samurai who've wronged him and his family.
Most of the time, Miike mixes things up when he takes on a remake, but here, he plays things safer, honoring the original movie by making something very similar to it. There are some minor structural tweaks, and things get shaken up (perhaps not for the best) during the climax, but otherwise, most of what's found in Harakiri (1962) is also replicated directly in the 2011 remake, for better or worse.
5'Graveyard of Honor' (2002)
Letterboxd Rating: 3.7/5