11.25 The Day He Chose His Own Fate
20/05/2012
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?
Movie Information
Arata Iura
as Yukio Mishima
Shinnosuke Mitsushima
as Masakatsu Morita
Tasuku Nagaoka
as Masayoshi Shoga
Suzunosuke Tanaka
as Masahiro Ogawa
Kiyohiko Shibukawa
as Hiroshi Mochimaru
Shima Onishi
as Kiyoshi Kuramochi
Hideo Nakaizumi
as Kenichi Tanaka
Shinobu Terajima
as Yoko Hiraoka
Hanae Kan
as Makiko Ueda
Shinji Suzuki
as Masakatsu Sekikawa
Motoki Ochiai
as
Takatsugu Iwama
as
Go Jibiki
as Kyoichi Fukuoka
Soran Tamoto
as
Yuki Fujii
as
Kimihiko Hasegawa
as
Ken Furusawa
as
Tomori Abe
as
Nao Okabe
as
Kazuki Tsujimoto
as
Katsuyuki Shinohara
as
Seiroku Nakazawa
as
