The Japanese author of the book used as the basis for this very English movie was a unique person. He was profiled in a movie in 1985 that only told part of the story of his complex personality. Six years before this film was released, Yukio Mishima, who was about the size of a tall dwarf,
was leading a right-wing coup attempt in Japan, and, when his pleas failed, he punished everyone by disemboweling himself in front of witnesses, then had his head cut off by one of his trusted aides who then bared his neck and had
his head separated from his body.
That is strict. You can guess
from the way in which Mishima chose to die that he was not a writer of li...
Released:
1976
Rated:
R
Length:
105 mins