11/25 The Day Mishima Chose His Own Fate Explained

11/25 The Day Mishima Chose His Own Fate
Director:	Kōji Wakamatsu
Producer:	Noriko Ozaki Kōji Wakamatsu
Starring:	Arata Iura
Cinematography:	Yûsaku Mitsuwaka Tomohiko Tsuji
Runtime:	119 minutes
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese

, also called 11.25 The Day He Chose His Own Fate, is a 2012 Japanese drama film directed by Kōji Wakamatsu. The film was based on the Mishima Incident, which was a failed coup d'etat attempt led by Yukio Mishima in 1970. The film competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.^{[1] [2]}

Plot

In 1970, a well-known Japanese public figure and famous writer, Yukio Mishima, while visiting a military base, suddenly began calling for soldiers to revolt. When his proposal was rejected, he committed suicide in the way that the ancient samurai resorted to if they believed that they were indelibly ashamed. The film will try to put all the fragments of the mosaic in place and find out why this is the end of the life of this outstanding personality.

Cast

This is the film cast.^[3]

• Arata Iura as Yukio Mishima (the head of Tatenokai)
• Shinnosuke Mitsushima as Masakatsu Morita (the second student leader of Tatenokai)
• as Hiroyasu Koga (Tatenokai member)
• as (Tatenokai member)
• as (Tatenokai member)
• as Otoya Yamaguchi (the boy who killed Inejiro Asanuma)
• Shinobu Terajima as (Mishima's wife)
• Kiyohiko Shibukawa as (the first student leader of Tatenokai)
• as Kiyoshi Kuramochi (a Tatenokai member)
• as Kenichi Tanaka (a Tatenokai member)
• Tomosuke Kasamatsu as Kazuhiko Nakatsuji (a Tatenokai member)
• Yuki Hirano as Tomoaki Turuoka (a Tatenokai member)
• as Makatsu Sekikawa (a Tatenokai member and player)
• as Hidetoshi Saito (a Nihon Gakusei Domei member)
• Motoki Ochiai as Hideaki Endo (a Tatenokai member, he engaged in with Morita)
• as Shigeru Ueda (Morita's childhood friend)
• Hanae Kan as Makiko (a Tatenokai member, Shigeru's sister)
• as Ikarii, Lieutenant general (the principal of the Fuji school of Japan Self-Defense Forces)
• Gô Jibiki as Takashi Fukuoka (an instructor of the Fuji school)
• as Kiyokatsu Yamamoto (the manager of information education section of Investigation school of JSDF)
• Ken Yoshizawa as (the commandant the Ichigaya Camp- the Tokyo headquarters of the Eastern Command of JSDF)
• as (a former officer who presented the, to Mishima)

References

Bibliography

• Book: Wakamatsu, Kōji . Otomo. Asako. 11:25 The Day He Chose His Own Fate (Theater program). 11・25自決の日 三島由紀夫と若者たち (劇場プログラム). 2012. Yugakusha. ja.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2012 Official Selection . 22 April 2012 . Cannes.
2. Web site: 11.25 The Day He Chose His Own Fate . 22 April 2012 . Nippon Cinema . https://web.archive.org/web/20120404183854/http://www.nipponcinema.com/tag/11-25-jiketsu-no-hi-mishima-yukio-to-wakamonotachi . 4 April 2012 . dead.
3. Book: Wakamatsu, Kōji . Otomo. Asako. 11:25 The Day He Chose His Own Fate (Theater program). 11・25自決の日 三島由紀夫と若者たち (劇場プログラム). 2012. Yugakusha. ja. 94–97, 127.