Yukio Mishima's only film tells the story of a naval officer's ritual suicide--eerily presaging the novelist's own death by seppuku years later. If such parallels weren't enough, the officer is played by Mishima himself. As with his fiction and plays, sex, death, and honor play an important role in this short film full of dazzling images. While all prints of PATRIOTISM were initially destroyed, the negative was saved, allowing audiences to once again glimpse Mishima's arresting vision.

"PATRIOTISM marked an intensification of Mishima's Japanese nationalism....A desire for the simple purity of a Noh play is seen throughout the film." - James, Bell (Sight and Sound Critic), Sight and Sound, 09/01/2008

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Product Title:	Patriotism (DVD) (Criterion Collection) (US Version) Patriotism (DVD) (Criterion Collection) (美國版) Patriotism (DVD) (Criterion Collection) (美国版) Patriotism (DVD) (Criterion Collection) (US Version) Patriotism (DVD) (Criterion Collection) (US Version)
Artist Name(s):	Yukio Mishima (Actor) Yukio Mishima (Actor) Yukio Mishima (Actor) ＹｕｋｉｏＭｉｓｈｉｍａ (Actor) Yukio Mishima (Actor)
Director:	Domoto Masaki \| Yukio Mishima Domoto Masaki \| Yukio Mishima Domoto Masaki \| Yukio Mishima Domoto Masaki \| ＹｕｋｉｏＭｉｓｈｉｍａ Domoto Masaki \| Yukio Mishima
Writer:	Yukio Mishima Yukio Mishima Yukio Mishima ＹｕｋｉｏＭｉｓｈｉｍａ Yukio Mishima
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Release Date:	2008-07-01
Language:	Japanese
Subtitles:	Japanese, English
Country of Origin:	United States
Picture Format:	NTSC What is it?
Color Information:	Black & White
Disc Format(s):	DVD
Region Code:	1 - USA, Canada, U.S. Territories What is it?
Rating:	Not Rated
Publisher:	Criterion Collection
Package Weight:	150 (g)
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1010904276

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Director: Domoto Masaki, Yukio Mishima

DVD Features:

Keep Case
Full Frame 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital Mono - Japanese
Subtitles - English, Japanese - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - Yukio Mishima - Director
Documentary - Crew and Film Production "Making of"
Interview - Yukio Mishima
Text/Photo Galleries:
Additional Text - 1. Mishima's Original Short Story
2. Mishima's Extensive Film Production Notes
Essay - Tony Rayns - Critic/Historian