📜 Overview:
On November 25th 1970, a man committed ritual suicide inside the Tokyo headquarters of the Japanese Ministry of Defence, leaving behind a legacy of masterpieces and a controversy that echoes to this day. The man was Yukio Mishima, one of Japan's greatest and most celebrated novelists. With four members of his own private army - the Tatenokai - Mishima had taken the commandant hostage and called upon the assembled military outside the Ministry to overthrow their society and restore the powers of the Emperor. When the soldiers mocked and jeered Mishima, he cut short his speech and withdrew to the commandant's office where he committed seppuku - the samurai warrior's death - tearing open his belly with a ceremonial knife before being beheaded by one of his colleagues. What was Mishima truly trying to express through his actions? And what did he witness during his final moments?
🌏 Languages Available:
Japanese
📆 Date Released:
2012-05-20
⌚ Running Time:
119 mins
⭐ Vote Average:
5.2
Beloved Cast
Yukio Mishima
Arata Iura
Masakatsu Morita
Shinnosuke Mitsushima
Masayoshi Shoga
Tasuku Nagaoka
Masahiro Ogawa
Suzunosuke Tanaka
Hiroshi Mochimaru
Kiyohiko Shibukawa
Kiyoshi Kuramochi
Shima Onishi
Kenichi Tanaka
Hideo Nakaizumi
Yoko Hiraoka
Shinobu Terajima
Makiko Ueda
Hanae Kan
Masakatsu Sekikawa
Shinji Suzuki
Motoki Ochiai
Takatsugu Iwama
Kyoichi Fukuoka
Go Jibiki
Soran Tamoto
Yuki Fujii
Kimihiko Hasegawa
Ken Furusawa
Tomori Abe
Nao Okabe
Kazuki Tsujimoto
Katsuyuki Shinohara
Seiroku Nakazawa
