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' abdomen/belly cutting ', a native Japanese kun reading), is a form of Japanese ritualistic suicide by disembowelment. It was originally reserved for samurai in their code of honour , but was also practised by other Japanese people during the Shōwa era [ 1 ] [ 2 ] (particularly officers near the end of World War II ) to restore honour for ...
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The Japanese tradition of seppuku is a well known example of highly ritualized suicide, within a wider cultural world of norms and symbolism. However, reported examples of suicides exist, in which a person performed disembowelment on himself or herself, without any ambient culture of approved, or expected, suicide.
A listing of individuals who have committed Japanese ritual suicide, called seppuku. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. ...
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seppuku 切腹, lit. 'cutting [the] belly', also called harakiri (腹切り, lit. 'abdomen/belly cutting', a native Japanese kun reading), is a form of Japanese ritualistic suicide by disembowelment. It was originally reserved for samurai to die within their code of honour, with their honour relating to themselves or their families.
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Harakiri (切腹, Seppuku [2]) is a 1962 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Masaki Kobayashi.The story takes place between 1619 and 1630 during the Edo period and the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate.