Harakiri (切腹, Seppuku) (1962) is a Japanese film directed by Masaki Kobayashi. The story takes place between 1619 and 1630 during the Edo period and the reign of the Tokugawa shogunate. It tells of a ronin, Hanshiro Tsugumo, who instead of committing seppuku after his lord was disposed, chose to stay alive in order to care for his daughter and the son of another samurai who had committed the ritual suicide.