SKU 5235 Availability HARAKIRI (1919) Fritz Lang Writers: David Belasco (play), Max Jungk | 1 more credit » Stars: Paul Biensfeldt, Lil Dagover, Georg John Be the first to review this product $13.99 Qty: Add to cart Email a friend Question about product? Add to wishlist DetailsExisting reviews Daimyo Tokujawa comes back home to Nagasaki from Europe where he was Japanese ambassador. His daughter O-Take-San is stalked by her uncle the Bonze and his temple servant Karan. While the Bonze intends to consecrate her as a priestess of Buddha, Karan intends to make her a geisha in a Teahouse. The Bonze sends the Mikado a letter pretending that the Daimyo, influenced by Western culture, is conspiring against him. Three weeks later, while Tokujawa is giving a big party to celebrate Fallen Leaves, the Mikado sends him a sword, meaning that he is intended to commit Hara-Kiri and he dutifully complies. While O-Take-San is waiting in the Holy Forest to be initiated as Buddha Priestess, Danish Naval officer Olaf Jens Anderson breaks in and falls in love with her. The Bonze locks her in a cave but Karan frees her and brings her to a Teahouse where she becomes a geisha. There she meets Anderson again and he decides to marry her for 999 days in the Japanese tradition, with the right to divorce her whenever he wants. O-Take-San is very happy with Anderson, but after just one year he is called back home. O-Take-San, who has got a son from him after his departure, waits for his return, but Anderson does not return to her. Prince Matahari wants to marry her but she says that she will always be married to Olaf. After four years, the day comes when her marriage under Japanese law has expired. She must go back to the Teahouse and her child will be taken by the State. This is when Olaf comes back to Nagasaki. At his side stands his wife Eva, whom he married in the meantime in Copenhagen. Eva is told about O-Take-San and that her boy will be taken by the State and she declares that she is ready to take care of the child. She goes to see O-Take-San who is devastated by the fact that Olaf will not even come to see her. She tells Eva that she will only give her son to Olaf himself. While Eva tries to convince Olaf to come with her, O-Take-San commits Hara-Kiri, with the same sword as her father. DVD-R is silent with English intertitles. Approx. 86 mins. See film sample for audio and video quality! Be the first to review this product Related products 3 DVD SET: SOVIET NEWSREELS (1919 – 1925) *... $29.99 OPIUM (1919) * with switchable English subtit... $13.99 2 DVD SET: TIH-MINH (1918) * with switchable... $21.99 DER GELBE SCHEIN (The Yellow Ticket) (The Devil... $11.99 BARON PRASIL (1961) + THE PARSONs WIDOW (1920)... $13.99 DAS WANDERNDE BILD (1920) * with German inter... $13.99 DIE WURGHAND (1920) * with English intertitles * $13.99 KLOSTRET I SENDOMIR (1920) * with hard-encode... $13.99 KOHLHIESELS TÖCHTER (Kohlhiesel's Daughters) (1... $13.99 NOSFERATU (1922) (Original, Unaltered Version)... $13.99 < > Customers who bought this item also bought UNDERWORLD (1927) $13.99 DESTINY (1921) + MIKAEL (1924) *with Engli... $13.99 WARNING SHADOWS (1923) & MAN HUNT (1941) $12.99 DAS WANDERNDE BILD (1920) * with German inter... $13.99 VIELE KAMEN VORBEI (Many Passed By) (1956) * w... $13.99 ANDERS ALS DU UND ICH (Different from You and M... $13.99 DANTON (1931) * with switchable English subti... $13.99 LOCKVOGEL (1934) $9.99 UNSER KLEINER JUNGE (1941) $9.99 AM ABEND NACH DER OPER (1945) * with or withou... From $11.19 VERLIEBTES ABENTEUER (1939) $9.99 DER REBELL (1932) * with or without switchabl... From $11.99 WAS WIRD HIER GESPIELT (1940) * with improved... $10.99 WENN DIE SONNE WIEDER SCHEINT (1943) $7.99 LUDWIG DER ZWEITE, KÖNIG VON BAYERN (Ludwig II,... $14.99 2 DVD SET: MÄDCHEN IN UNIFORM (1931 and 1958)... $24.99 KOZIJAT ROG (The Goat Horn) (1972) * with sw... $13.99 LETZTE LIEBE (1935) $7.99 MÄDCHEN IN UNIFORM (Girls in Uniform) (1931)... $13.99 DIE HERMANNSSCHLACHT (1924) * with switchabl... $13.99 ZWISCHEN NACHT UND MORGEN (1931) $9.99 DAS BLAUE LICHT (The Blue Light) (1932) * with... $13.99 KÖNIGSTIGER (Letzte Galavorstellung Zirkus Bars... $9.99 DAS LIED VOM GLÜCK (1933) $9.99 DAS HEILIGE ZIEL (Kokumin no chikai) (1938) $9.99 < >