A video essay in which I talk about Masaki Kobayashi, his movie Kwaidan / Kaidan, Harakiri, The Human Condition trilogy, and also there's a shot of Paul Feig in there somewhere. They're all in the Criterion Collection. patreon: bsky: lboxd: labyrinth of cinema: Rich's Bushido takedown article: Kazuma Hashimoto's Political Myth of the Samurai article: Some other things you might be interested in: Three Criterion essays on Masaki Kobayashi Tatsuya Nakadai talking about the blades on Harakiri 35mm photo: By Rotareneg - en:Image: , CC BY-SA 3.0,