Film · 1962 · Films · 1960s
Harakiri
Two parallel scores from 260 z-qualifying reviewers and 284 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1960s (1,929 peers).
Z-normalized corrects for reviewer bias (every reviewer re-centered onto their personal scale). Raw average uses simple mean across the broader pool including stddev=0 reviewers.
Where this title sits
Z-normalized percentile · 1,929 peers in Films · 1960s
| Mean reviewer z-score | +0.597 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean rating | 8.80 /10 |
| DB2 raw-mean rating | 8.87 /10 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | +0.495 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 260 / 284 |
Summary
In feudal Japan, an aging ronin arrives at the gates of a powerful feudal clan and requests permission to commit ritual suicide on their grounds. As the clan's officials recount the story of a previous ronin who made the same request, the visitor reveals his own connection to past events, exposing the cruelty and hollow honor of the samurai code.
Pipeline applied to this title
The math, in this order
260 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.
Mean z = +0.597. DB2 raw mean = 8.87.
90% CI-floor = +0.495. Thin samples penalized.
Global 92.3 / cohort 90.1. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
Cohort: Films · 1960s
