Patriotism
Directed by Yukio Mishima
Produced by Yukio Mishima Production
A ritualistic, formally austere meditation on love, honor, and death rendered through Noh theater conventions, where intimacy and violence become inseparable.
Two characters on a Noh stage dramatize the rite of love and death of Lieutenant Shinji Takeyama and his wife Reiko.
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