11.25 The Day He Chose His Own Fate
11・25自決の日 三島由紀夫と若者たち
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?
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Shinobu Terajima
as Yoko Hiraoka
Hanae Kan
as Makiko Ueda
Soran Tamoto
Kimihiko Hasegawa
Shinnosuke Mitsushima
as Masakatsu Morita
Suzunosuke Tanaka
as Masahiro Ogawa
Hideo Nakaizumi
as Kenichi Tanaka
Shinji Suzuki
as Masakatsu Sekikawa
Tomori Abe
Kazuki Tsujimoto
Tasuku Nagaoka
as Masayoshi Shoga
Kiyohiko Shibukawa
as Hiroshi Mochimaru
Shima Onishi
as Kiyoshi Kuramochi
Motoki Ochiai
Go Jibiki
as Kyoichi Fukuoka
Arata Iura
as Yukio Mishima
Takatsugu Iwama
Nao Okabe
Katsuyuki Shinohara
