After reading it, I thought that if the Americans interpreted him this way, Mishima-kun might be liked. However, given his demanding requirements for physical beauty, he may not be so satisfied with the male protagonist, right?
If you haven't read Mishima Yukio's book, it would be difficult to understand this movie. The filming technique of the film is to intersperse Mishima's life with his works, and use his works to explain his life. This may be exactly what Mishima hopes for. The tough Mishima portrayed in the film may be the self in his fantasy, the self he is trying to be the unity of art and behavior.
Mishima’s childhood is expressed through some plots of "The Confession of a Mask", a sickly and stubborn grandmother, a weak and sensitive child, and a gloomy youth. Mishima's Aesthetics Through the filming of "Golden Pavilion", the destruction of beauty is more beautiful than beauty itself, Mishima said. "The House of Mirrors" is said to be Mishima's most difficult work. He said that he seemed to be completely hollowed out after writing. This novel, Tai Mishima, is too decadent, and I have never been able to read it. It was shot in the movie as if it were a story of the death of an actor and an ugly woman who could not get a role. Both "Worrying About the Country" and "Running Horse" seem to be a rehearsal of Mishima's death, and both are used in the film to interpret Mishima.
When I saw Director Mishima kidnapping the general and forcing his subordinates to gather the army to listen to his speech, I found it ridiculous. It was like a farce. Mishima knew better than anyone that he could not change anything. All the people he faced were just his witnesses, props or... background. No one listened to his speech, the young soldiers either stood here blankly, or yelled, or threw something at him... He retreated desperately. In other words, he pretended to be desperate, retreated to the room, and cut his belly. The movie ends here.
However, his abdominal incision was not smooth, it was not the perfect cross cut that did not stain the ground. He didn't fall forward like a samurai, and Morita, who helped him in the wrong way, was even worse. He jumped out of his heart and made a shot. He slashed three times without cutting off his head...
the last scene of his life, there was A sense of absurdity, yet showing a wonderful solemnity. But all of this is over. Mishima exists through his works, and through this knife that destroys himself, he becomes a splendid eternity.
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