On the day of his suicide #seppuku, Yukio Mishima made an impassioned speech to army troops, calling on them to rise up and “restore the emperor”. Mishima was one of the most influential Japanese writers of the 20th century and was considered for the Nobel Prize three times. He voiced his political ideas publicly and was ready to go a long way for his ideas. As his suicide notes later revealed, he expected to fail, but hoped that his seppuku would transform Japan.
Taken from the fourth chapter of Paul Schrader’s brilliant 1985 film “Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters” depicting the life and work of the writer Yukio Mishima. This last day brings to life the ritual suicide committed by Mishima on November 25, 1970 in Japan. This act of seppuku did not go according to plan, and according to many media critics and politicians of the time, the suicide was also pointless: at best, an artistic performance by a showman and, at worst, a futile gesture by a deranged extremist.
Mishima was a hardcore nationalist, who wanted to restore the divinity of the emperor, strengthen Japan’s army and discard the country’s pacifist constitution. He felt western values were invading and weakening Japan like a cancer.
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conclusion, never try to throw the goverment and army at the lunchtime.
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This movie and its soundtrack are works of art.
I remember reading 'Runaway Horses' as a teen and just being blown away by it. I often wondered how much texture I missed from the Japanese to English translation.
高画質！！！
Well, he just irritating the JSDF, not even helicopters and hecklers and jeers drown his parts of his speech tho
奉勅命令もなしに、まして私人が兵を動かすことは、大罪中の大罪であり、三島の皇道派的な主義と、武士道に対する理解からすれば、彼の自決は、当然の行為と考えますがいかがですか。
His predictions ultimately came to pass. If he gave that speech today he would undoubtedly gain more support
三島由紀夫の行為は、2.26事件を起こした青年将校と被ります。
傲慢と偏見に満ちた哀れな作家です。
The brutal truth is: Japan today is nothing more than a US puppet with no independent foreign policies of its own. The West does not fully accept Japan as one of their own (eg: AUKUS, Five-Eyes), and neither does ASEAN states.
緒形拳さん！
この動画が事実に沿っているのだとしたら、三島さんって、やはり相当なアホだと思う。でも、そんな愚かな人物を「先生」と称えた人もいることを考えると、「宗教的なこと」、イデオロギーとか、実に恐ろしいものだと思います。
If his still alive till this time. He will be very disappointed with Japan right now.
Japan lost its spirit and was left with servile people who were just slaves to society after the war. It is clear from the fact that even though they have high ability, they are in decline after the post-war reconstruction, and they are beginning to be exploited by other countries.
日本未公開ですが、VHSで見た事があります。
厨二病がすぎるわ
6:00 Ode to Showa Restoration
Mishima should’ve brought a loud speaker
三島は自衛官が盾の会の青年たちのようにサムライの魂を持った集団だと思っていたがそれが幻想であることを思い知り絶望しただろう。
Ignore the stop sign.9:01
When you go Seppuku, get a good head chopper offer. Kimitake Hiraoka had a crummy one and needed a replacement to fill in.
当時の映像を観ると最後の演説で三島由紀夫は「二ホン」と言っていた。「ニッポン」とは一度も言っていなかった。緒形拳が「ニッポン」と言っていたのは残念だった。「二ホン」という言い方は日本の歴史・文化・伝統から生まれた。詰まる音（促音）濁る音（半濁音）がない。常に第二音節にアクセントがあり”hon”という音声が耳に残る。守られるべき最も美しいものの一つであると私は思う。
この映画が日本で放映されない、ソフト化されない、という現状は非常に勿体無いと思います。
現代の戦後日本の国民が意識することの無くなった日本国の精神的支柱が何か？ということをこの映画では伺い知ることができると思います。
cringe this dude was so cucked by nationalism (90% of his books were about being a cuck) that he fkn gutted himself lmao
What did he say in his speech
If his coup was successful by attempting to restore the emperor's power and overthrow the post-WW2 constitution, he would probably be labeled as a terrorist by the government.
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こんなドラマがあったんですね。知りませんでした。ありがとうございます❗️
どうせ自殺するのならかっこよく散っていきたいと言う大和魂だったんですね。
dang avangardists
he laments of how japan was destroyed
he laments about japan's culture being trampled upon
he laments how western degeneracy numbed japanese warrior spirit
he laments. he laments all of that.
but he didn't do any sh*t about it.
he only cares about himself, of his own sadness, of "oh woe is me i'm living in degeneracy so sad".
he did absolutely nothing to change it.
all he did is to """""honorably"""" suicide. leaving his 'beloved' nation on it's own. he only cared about 'saving' his own 'honor'.
all while the actual heroes were working their a*s off trying to rebuild the country, improve people's lives, restart the economy, working around US' hegemony over japan.
but who cares about them right? they didn't boast their achievements!
we should care about guy like mishima who love to flaunt his romanticism and idealism but with no real work whatsoever!
A tragic person who drowned in the past, he did not realize the new generation's wish, or Japan don't want to be fall into another world war
What song are they singing?
Today Japan completely became the United States of America. It was a complete mistake that there was no self defense force member to support Yukio Mishima.
There was a screening of this film that had writer/director Paul Schrader in attendance this weekend. You may find these videos interesting.
https://youtu.be/vQCnJpgnwX4
https://youtu.be/t2v0BZd6xJ4
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