sebniv's Reviews (162)

Hard to Be a God

Arkady Strugatsky

4.75

emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

AIDS and Its Metaphors

Susan Sontag

4.5

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

Battle Royale

Koushun Takami

4.5

adventurous challenging tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Patriotism

Yukio Mishima

4.75

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Angered by the apparent westernisation of the Japanese beliefs and values, right wing figure and reactionary Yukio Mishima held a speech at a military base in Tokyo on November 25th 1970. After his speech he would scream "Long live the empire" and committed seppuku.

This film, written and later directed by Mishima, serves as a chilling foreshadowing of his death. A lieutenant upset at his follow soldiers and countrymen for giving up in the war committing seppuku, and his wife following suit. This was a very interesting read of the thoughts of one when forcing death onto ourselves

While I very much disagree with his ideology and politics, I do Mishima as a person quite commendable, someone so steadfast in their beliefs that they choose to die over it.
I own two of Mishima's works, tho neither of them being political in nature, and I'm keen to explore more.