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Patriotism ()

Yûkoku (original title)
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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.
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Shinji Takeyama
Yoshiko Tsuruoka ...
Reiko

Directed by

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Yukio Mishima

Written by

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Yukio Mishima ... (original short story "Patriotism")
 
Yukio Mishima ... (screenplay)
 
Yukio Mishima ... (story)

Produced by

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Hiroaki Fujii ... executive producer
Yukio Mishima ... producer

Cinematography by

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Kimio Watanabe

Production Design by

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Yukio Mishima
Shigeo Mano ... (uncredited)

Costume Design by

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Tomoko Domoto ... (uncredited)

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Sadao Kudo ... makeup artist
Takako Miyajima ... hair stylist (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Masaki Dômoto ... associate director

Sound Department

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Mashiko Hara ... sound recordist (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Akira Kitazaki ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Masana Takahashi ... lighting assistant (uncredited)
Gentarô Takuma ... lighting (uncredited)
Shoichi Uehara ... lighting assistant (uncredited)
Okaji Yokote ... assistant camera (uncredited)

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Richard Wagner ... music: "Liebestod" from "Tristan and Isolde"

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Yasushi Imaeda ... director's assistant (uncredited)

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Plot Summary

Two characters on a Noh stage dramatize the rite of love and death of Lieutenant Shinji Takeyama and his wife Reiko. Takeyama was one of a cadre of young officers who staged a coup d'état in February, 1936. He was not arrested when the coup failed, but as an officer of the palace guard, he knew he would be given the order to execute his friends. The night before the execution, he and his wife prepare for hara-kiri, first with passion without shyness, then in uniform and kimono with sword and dagger. Calligraphy figures in the preparation, as Reiko gathers her keepsakes to give to survivors. They embrace in death. Written by

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Taglines YUKIO MISHIMA'S prophetic enactment of his HARA-KIRI See more »
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Also Known As
  • 憂国 (Japan, Japanese title)
  • Patriotism (United States)
  • Rites d'amour et de mort (France)
  • Rito de Amor e de Morte (Brazil)
  • Πατριωτισμός (Greece)
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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. See more »
Movie Connections Referenced in Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985). See more »
Soundtracks Tristan und Isolde See more »
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