Mishima – A movie in four chapters ⇒ Kirno Sohochari
… Paul looks insightful when he utilized Japanese artistry in set design. Audiences can easily treat this artistry a homage to the man who wrote and acted in some memorable plays as a dramatist, who was always living under the fear that his body is lonesome as modern-day Japan might be. This movie is not a slow-burn movie as we often see in Arthouse films. It attracts the audience from its beginning to the end. The end scene when Mishima came out to the room and made his final speech by addressing the garrison is worth watching. It beautifully covered the lunacy and trauma Mishima had nurtured in his mind from his boyhood. His problem of conducting both ancient and modern Japan, enigma and confusion, all bursting out by this moment of speech where the garrison was reluctant to accept his lunacy. The speech, needless to say, was futile. It clarified that there is no room for the man in present Japan! The only thing now left for him is to sacrifice himself in Seppuku!… Continue reading Mishima – A movie in four chapters ⇒ Kirno Sohochari