Yukoku (1966) [Patriotism] Criterion 720p DVDRip x265 HEVC AC3

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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.

SPECIAL FEATURES

• New, restored high-definition digital transfer of the Japanese and English versions, with optional Japanese or English intertitles

• A 45-minute audio recording of Yukio Mishima speaking to the Foreign Correspondents' Association of Japan

• A 45-minute making-of documentary, featuring crew from the film's production

• Interview excerpts featuring Mishima discussing war and death

• New and improved English subtitle translation