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11/25 The Day Mishima Chose His Fate

2011
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MOVI-7717
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11/25 The Day Mishima Chose His Fate
25/11 O Dia em Que Mishima Escolheu Seu Destino
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11.25 Jiketsu No Hi, Mishima Yukio To Wakamonotachi
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On November 25th 1970, a man committed ritual suicide inside the Tokyo headquarters of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, 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?
Em 25 de novembro de 1970, um homem comete suicídio no quartel-general do comando do exército japonês em Tóquio. Ele deixa como legado uma longa lista de obras-primas literárias e uma controvérsia que ecoa ainda hoje. O homem era Yukio Mishima, um dos romancistas mais célebres e respeitados do Japão. Com quatro membros do seu exército pessoal, o Tatenokai, Mishima fez de refém o comandante do quartel-general. Dirigindo-se aos soldados agrupados no pátio, pediu ajuda para derrubar o regime e restaurar o poder do Imperador. Quando os soldados começaram a ridicularizá-lo, interrompeu o seu discurso e foi para o gabinete do comandante para cometer o seppuku, suicídio ritual dos samurais, abrindo a barriga antes de ser decapitado por um dos seus homens. O que Mishima queria expressar com seus últimos atos? E o que viu antes de morrer?
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119
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DigitalVideo Format
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FictionGenre
Screenplay
Masayuki Kakegawa, Koji Wakamatsu
Photography
Tomohiko Tsuji
Montage
Kumiko Sakamoto
Music
Fumio Itabashi
Casting
Arata Iura, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Shinobu Terajima, Soran Tamoto
Producer
Koji Wakamatsu, Noriko Ozaki
Production Company
Wakamatsu Production
World Sales
Wild Bunch
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2011