Yûkoku

19661966
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30m

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7.5/10

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Drama Short

A Noh dramatization of the suicides of Lt. Shinji Takeyama and his wife Reiko. After participating in a failed 1936 coup and being ordered to execute his friends, he bids his wife an intimat... Read allA Noh dramatization of the suicides of Lt. Shinji Takeyama and his wife Reiko. After participating in a failed 1936 coup and being ordered to execute his friends, he bids his wife an intimate farewell and commits harakiri.A Noh dramatization of the suicides of Lt. Shinji Takeyama and his wife Reiko. After participating in a failed 1936 coup and being ordered to execute his friends, he bids his wife an intimate farewell and commits harakiri.

IMDb RATING

7.5/10

1.8K

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POPULARITY

74,862

11,623

Director
- Yukio Mishima
Writer
- Yukio Mishima(original short story "Patriotism")
Stars
- Yukio Mishima
- Yoshiko Tsuruoka

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Yukio Mishima and Yoshiko Tsuruoka in Yûkoku (1966)

Trivia
After Mishima's death on 25 November 1970, all prints of this film were rumored to have been destroyed by his wife Yoko. However, in August 2005, original film negatives were "discovered" at the late author's residence in Ota Ward, Tokyo. About 40 reels have now been found in what Japanese media refer to as an "airtight tea box". According to Hiroaki Fujii (78), the movie's producer (who at the time apparently urged Yoko to keep the original intact), the recovered elements are in "pristine condition". The film will be released on DVD by Shinchosha early in 2006.

Connections
Referenced in Mishima - elämän neljä lukua (1985)

Soundtracks
Tristan und Isolde
: Liebestod
by Richard Wagner

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9/10

Stunning though hard to see autobiographical film by poet

This extraordinary short film combines a traditional Kabuki theatre style with very cinematic realism in the death scene; Only the use of Wagner's "Isolde's Liebestod" appears to be a bit over the top. If you know about Mishima's life story you will find this film to be a stunning pre-conception of things to come. Unfortunately public screenings outside Japan are forbidden due to a legal dispute.

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