PATRIOTISM

Details

• Release Year: 1966
• Genre: Drama, Short
• Plot: Playwright and novelist Yukio Mishima predicted his own suicide with this ravishing short feature, his only foray into filmmaking (codirected with Domoto Masaki), yet made with the expressiveness and confidence of a true cinema artist. All prints of Patriotism (Yukoku), which depicts the seppuku (ritual suicide) of a naval officer, were destroyed after Mishima's death in 1970, though the negative was saved, and the film resurfaced thirty-five years later. New viewers will be stunned at the depth and clarity of Mishima's vision, as well as his graphic depictions of sex and death. The film is presented here with a choice of Japanese or English intertitles.
• Cast: Yukio Mishima, Yoshiko Tsuruoka, Domoto Masaki
• Director: Yukio Mishima
• Runtime: 0:56
• Company: Sakai Agency, Iichiro Hiraoka, The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie