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Patriotism: Criterion Collection (Yûkoku)
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 (DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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| PIaywright and novelist Yukio Mishima predicted his own suicide with this ravishing short feature, his only foray into filmmaking yet directed with the expressiveness and confidence of a true cinema artist. AlI prints of Patriotism , which depicts the seppuku of a naval officer, were destroyed after Mishima's death in 1970, though the negative was saved, and the film resurfaced thirty-five years Iater. New viewers will be stunned at the depth and cIarity of Mishima's vision, as weII as his graphic depictions of sex and death. The film is presented here with a choice of Japanese or English intertitles. |
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