11.25 The Day He Chose His Own Fate (2012)
Movie
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?
Directed By : Kōji Wakamatsu
Genres : Drama
Status : Released
Released : May 20, 2012
Length : 119 minutes
Cast
- Arata Iura
- Shinnosuke Mitsushima
- Tasuku Nagaoka
- Suzunosuke Tanaka
- Kiyohiko Shibukawa
- Shima Onishi
- Hideo Nakaizumi
- Shinobu Terajima
- Hanae Kan
- Shinji Suzuki
- Motoki Ochiai
- Takatsugu Iwama
- Go Jibiki
- Soran Tamoto
- Yuki Fujii
- Kimihiko Hasegawa
- Ken Furusawa
- Tomori Abe
- Nao Okabe
- Kazuki Tsujimoto
- Katsuyuki Shinohara
- Seiroku Nakazawa
Crew
- Original Music Composer : Fumio Sakahashi
- Director : Kōji Wakamatsu
- Cinematography : Tomohiko Tsuji
- Screenplay : Masayuki Kakegawa
- Cinematography : Yûsaku Mitsuwaka
- Editor : Kumiko Sakamoto
- Producer : Noriko Ozaki
- Costume Design : Masae Miyamoto
- Music : Fumio Sakahashi
- Executive Producer : Kōji Wakamatsu