Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor

Samurai Yamanami informs the gathered clan that any who violate the code of conduct "will be subject to seppuku." Samurai Isami adds that "Seppuku is the highest honor that can be granted to a samurai."

Isami asks samurai Serizawa,: "Can you stop drinking? Please. You must stop drinking. But... "
Serizawa interjects, "If I were able to stop, I wouldn't be so wretched. And yet, I can't live without it.... I'm better off dead" (0:28)

A messenger tells Isami and Serizawa that samurai Niimi "manfully atoned by committing seppuku." (0:29)

A samurai states, "Anyone who violates our code must do seppuku." Later he says, "a samurai takes responsibility by dying." (1:18)

Clan accountant Kawai prepares to perform seppuku after it is discovered that 50 Ryu are unaccounted for. (1:21)

Yamanami performs seppuku. (1:31)

alcoholism | suicide