To the so-called purely black humorous joke

Kennedy 2022-01-18 08:02:29

Mishima has a dramatic end to his life. and this film dramatically presents some of his works literally on stage along with his life story and what happens on his last day.

you never know how much and how a writer's works reflects his mind. so it takes some guess and effort to correlate those.

I would say as i read the Runaway Horses it ominously reminded me of his story but I'm not sure about others --- i haven't read the Temple of Golden Pavilion or the House of Mirrors (?).

Anyway it was a joke and as he made his speech to the soldiers, probably nobody ever heard him as it was so noisy. this is the tragic and black humor part of the samurai spirit or purity. Great authors often live in their own worlds and eras.

i don't find the dramatisation of his works esp. the earlier ones go very naturally with real life story. but well, it is hard anyway. after all, Mishima is a myth.

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Extended Reading
  • Chaim 2022-03-27 09:01:19

    The Death of Mishima and several novels. "The Golden Pavilion", "Running Horse", and another one?

  • Sandrine 2022-03-25 09:01:19

    "Body and spirit will never be united. There must be a higher principle somewhere that makes art and behavior in harmony. That principle that happens to me is gone. The vast atmosphere is high up where there is no oxygen to fill the dead, where people must survive. Wearing a mask, my mind is laid-back, my mind is active, there is no movement, no sound, no memory. The enclosed cockpit and the outside space are like mind and body. Here I see the result of my last effort. Here silence is above words. Beauty has no body and spirit Pen and sword Men and women And then I see a huge circle of light around the earth A circle that resolves all contradictions A circle bigger than the earth is more fragrant than all the scents I've ever smelled That's what I've always been The moment of exploration, the moment when the blade cuts through the skin, the sun rises and shines brightly to illuminate the entire sky” / Mirror / The United States always captures Japan’s unique beauty The United States and Japan are like a pair of counselors and patients in a counseling room There is a deformed love without this love there would be no Mishima

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters quotes

  • Yukio Mishima: I come out on the stage determined to make people weep. Instead, they burst out laughing.

  • Yukio Mishima (Narrator): All my life I have been acutely aware of a contradiction in the very nature of my existence. For forty-five years I struggled to resolve this dilemma by writing plays and novels. The more I wrote, the more I realized mere words were not enough. So I found another form of expression.