Following the collapse of his clan, an unemployed samurai (RAN's Tatsuya Nakadai) arrives at the manor of Lord Iyi, begging to commit ritual suicide on his property. Iyi's clansmen, believing the desperate ronin is merely angling for a new position, try to force him to eviscerate himself but they have underestimated his beliefs and his personal brand of honor. Winner of the 1963 Cannes Film Festival's Special Jury Prize, HARAKIRI, directed by Masaki Kobayashi (THE HUMAN CONDITION) is a fierce evocation of individual agency in the face of a corrupt and hypocritical system.

Established by Martin Scorsese in 2007, the World Cinema Project has maintained a fierce commitment to preserving and presenting masterpieces from around the globe, with a growing roster of more than three dozen restorations that have introduced moviegoers to often-overlooked areas of cinema history. Presenting passionate stories of revolution, identity, agency, forgiveness, and exclusion, this collector's set gathers six of those important works, from Brazil (Pixote), Cuba (Lucia), Indonesia (After the Curfew), Iran (Downpour), Mauritania (Soleil O), and Mexico (Dos monjes). Each title is a pathbreaking contribution to the art form and a window onto a filmmaking tradition that international audiences previously had limited opportunities to experience.

This monumental forty-film box set celebrates forty years of the Criterion Collection by gathering an electrifying mix of classic and contemporary films, and presenting them with all their special features and essays in a deluxe clothbound, slip-cased edition. CC40's eclectic selection includes the releases most frequently chosen by the hundreds of filmmakers, actors, writers, and other movie-loving luminaries who have visited Criterion over the years, as documented in our popular Closet Picks video series. Neither a historical survey nor a top-forty compilation, this exciting, personal, unpredictable anthology reflects the cinematic joys and inspirations of the creative community that makes the Criterion Collection possible. THE FILMS 8½ • Tokyo Story • All That Jazz • Bicycle Thieves • Repo Man • Naked • Jules and Jim • Being There • Weekend • Yi Yi • The Night of the Hunter • Pickpocket • Sweet Smell of Success • On the Waterfront • Do the Right Thing • Ratcatcher • Sunday Bloody Sunday • Mirror • Barry Lyndon • Safe • Seconds • His Girl Friday • Mishima A Life in Four Chapters • y tu mamá también • My Own Private Idaho • Love & Basketball • Night of the Living Dead • Ace in the Hole • 3 Women • The Red Shoes • Down by Law • La Ciénaga • Wanda • House • Sullivan's Travels • The Battle of Algiers • A Woman Under the Influence • Cléo from 5 to 7 • Persona • In the Mood for Love.