Self-destruction

• Ritual suicide
• (Japan) ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword
• Act in "The Last Samurai"
• Ritual greeting interrupted by a painter with drink
• Practiced by warriors in the traditional Japanese society

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Harakiri , or Madame Butterfly , is a 1919 silent film directed in Germany by Fritz Lang . It was one of the first Japanese -themed films depicting Japanese culture . The film was originally released in the United States and other countries as Madame Butterfly ...

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harakiri \ha"ra*ki`ri\, hara-kiri \ha"ra-ki`ri\(h[add]"r[add]*k[=e]`r[i^]), n. [Jap., stomach cutting.] A ritual form of suicide, by slashing the abdomen, formerly practiced in Japan, and commanded by the government in the cases of disgraced officials; ...