Patriotism [Criterion Collection]

Criterion Collection

Overview

"Thirty-five years after all original prints of the film were purposefully destroyed, playwright and novelist Yukio Mishima's eerily prophetic tale of a disgraced naval officer who commits seppuku (ritual suicide) resurfaces thanks to a print struck from the original negative. Co-directed by Domoto Masaki, the film marked Mishima's sole foray into filmmaking, and serves as an unsettling prediction of the writer's own suicide."

Product Details

Release Date:	07/01/2008
UPC:	0715515029827
Original Release:	1966
Rating:	NR
Source:	Criterion Collection
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[B&W]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	0:56:00
Sales rank:	1,572

Special Features

49-minute audio recording of Yukio Mishima at the foreign correspondents' club of Japan; 50-minute making-of documentary, featuring crew from the film's production; Interview excerpts featuring Mishima discussing World War II and death; Plus: a booklet featuring a new essay by renowed critic and historian Tony Rayns, Mishima's extensive notes on the film's production, and Mishima's orignal short story