This biopic shows the mystery Mishima Yukio who is not in line with the trend of the times: as an outstanding novelist, his novels are still regarded as gods and treasures in Japan, and they have been translated into various languages; but He was also an ultra-nationalist right-winger who tried to restore Japanese militarism . The nationalism he advocated was extinguished as early as 1945.
Because this film has a negative attitude towards the death of Mishima Yukio, and is worried that Japanese right-wingers who worship Mishima Yukio will take the opportunity to disrupt the venue, the Tokyo International Film Festival in 1985 involved this film. Sensitive gay films were rejected, and the film’s producers initiated and organized an autograph campaign involving more than 90 foreign filmmakers and writers, including many world-renowned directors and playwrights, in protest.
