Seppuku (improprement appelé hara-kiri). Extrait de Shogun, série TV américano-japonaise (avec la participation du célébre acteur japonais Tushiro Mifune) tournée en 1980 et diffusée en France en 1983.
I always found it funny how excited he is to read his death poem and off himself. I know seppuku was considered an honorable way to die, but none of the other people who did it in the show were nearly as enthusiastic as Yabu.
There is a Japanese adage that perhaps explains Lord Yabu's attitude, it goes like this in English: If you discover you have been given poisoned food, be sure to lick the bowl clean. That is confusing I know, instinct would be to spit it out and hope for the best, maybe get to a doctor if possible. I think what it means though, is that you should relish every experience, live life with gusto. Medieval Japan had a bit of a Fatalist streak, the poison is going to kill you anyway, so taste every bit of it.
Have you read or watched anything about the Sengoku Jidai? In the decisive battle, one of Tokugawa's allies would not commit his forces, sitting on a strong strategic position on a hill. His enemies hoped the hesitant ally would join them and that would mean the end for Tokugawa. Tokugawa ordered his musketmen to fire on his ally's position to provoke him into action (any action at all). His gamble paid off and the reluctant ally then ordered his men to attack Tokugawa's enemies. Very little is known as to what happened to the reluctant ally after Tokugawa's final victory.
Despite being a negative hero and a traitor, Yabu died honourably. His death combines the incongruous, betrayal and heroism. This scene is one of the gems of this film.
I wish they had the sub-titles here. What Yabu told them was that he was gifting his sword to the Anjin because non of the poop eaters here deserves along with other insults. And he also forgave Omi for betraying him.
joejunior1974 TRUTH.. The books narrates all the details needed to understand the characters better, and the “Game of Power” that they play. I have soo much respect for Toranaga.
Samurai believed the life soul would be released by cutting of the belly. Since they knew it was extremely painful and it took rather long to die from the wound, a second would decapitate him so that he would not suffer too much.
Did he wrap the paper so the blood doesn't make the blade slippery? In many ways this is less brutal or torturous than getting stoned or bludgeoned to death by a nasty mob or a psycho. The pain must be intense, in a way make the man Wana puke but his disembowlment won't allow that.
Rice paper wrapped around the blade serves 2 purposes, one is to keep his fingers/hand from being cut to pieces, wakizashi, just like katana are super sharp. 2nd purpose was to prevent slippage.
In the book the way Yabu dies is even more intense - the messenger says that Yabu cut himself twice in the stomach and then one more in the throat. "Without assistance and without a sound."
@@mstrross I read about times when a second was holding back out of disrespect or to punish a criminal being compelled and men would resort to stabbing their own throat rather than waiting any longer, but you are right throat cutting was more associated with female suicide than male ritual suicide.
Most people don't understand, seppuku, but I remember even in modern times and living in Japan where a baseball player committed seppuku, and unlike in the West, no police investigation occurred as with a suicide in the West would be conducted as the concept of seppuku was so old and stepped in culture that was automatically accepted by all in society. Because unlike in the West where Dr. Kevorkian supported assisted suicide, the required man to cut off the head in seppuku was understood in Japanese culture.
Though a lot recorded Seppuku, some Noble man or Samurai would only have a Fan in front of him instead of a blade, he would then motion to touch the fan, it’s symbolic gesture and the signal for his Assistant to chop his head off. I believe the last real Seppuku is the one committed by the infamous writer/actor Yukio Mishima during his infamous Coup attempt. Though there are numerous other people later on who would perform Hara-kiri instead to Off themselves.
Homo sapiens sapiens is a weird species...Convincing itself that bizarre rituals can be "normal" or "make sense"...I wouldn't trust them with a planet...
(Sigh!) I really wish somebody would go back over this whole series and add subtitles. The only translations are a few parts narrated by William Conrad and his voice just gets annoying after awhile.
@@itsjustme8947Indeed it was Orson Welles and not William Conrad. I sometimes get their voices mixed up. It doesn't sound like Welles' normal voice. Probably because he wasn't talking about food.
Funnily or disturbingly enough, Samurai would sometimes shit or piss themselves when committing seppuku because the body naturally voids its waste upon death. It was even customary for the person committing seppuku to sometimes sit on a sheet while committing the act to catch the excretion.
Shogun 1980 mini series. A television classic. People didn't have video, yet, in every household, so people stayed home to watch it when it was aired. It also promoted Japanese restaurants, especially sushi, to become popular in the US.
@@38minechanShogun was filmed 100% in Japan. Production was difficult because of the language barrier. The village by the beach was built for filming, and the production team had a hard time explaining to the Japanese builders that the set had to look old and worn out for realism, but being perfectionists, the builders wanted to build immaculate buildings. There is a brilliant "Making of" documentary.
@@blu3fire243 Jesus is the only way to heaven, God says if anyone search for him earnestly, they will find Him. I know a lot of people don't believe in God but that does not mean that God doesn't exists, I have heard His voice.
