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Tag Archives: Yukio Mishima
Patriotism AKA Yûkoku (1966) Masaki Dômoto, Yukio Mishima, Yoshiko Tsuruoka
Two characters on a Noh stage dramatize the rite of love and death of Lieutenant Shinji Takeyama and his wife Reiko. Read More »
Hitokiri (1969) Hideo Gosha, Shintarô Katsu, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yukio Mishima
Izo Okada, a ronin (masterless samurai), desperately seeks a way out of his financial straits. Read More »
Karakkaze yarô / Afraid to Die (1960) Yasuzô Masumura, Yukio Mishima, Ayako Wakao, Keizô Kawasaki, Crime, Drama
A group of yakuza is hired to break a strike and an antihero of his former law partners faces while trying to escape the clutches of a murderer to asthmatic salary.
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