Genres: Biography, Drama

Keywords: tmdb.suicide, tmdb.identity, tmdb.patriotism, tmdb.nationalism, tmdb.coup-d-etat, tmdb.author, tmdb.art + 306 more, tmdb.lgbt, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.reference-to-william-shakespeare, imdb.reference-to-shakespeare-s-romeo-and-juliet, imdb.shakespeare-quote, imdb.zen-master, imdb.world-war-two, imdb.weightlifting, imdb.telephone-call-in-bed, imdb.some-scenes-in-black-and-white, imdb.skipping-school, imdb.saint-sebastian, imdb.reference-to-thomas-mann, imdb.reference-to-michelangelo, imdb.reference-to-lord-byron, imdb.reference-to-elvis-presley, imdb.reference-to-auguste-rodin, imdb.candy-cinema, imdb.zen-acolyte, imdb.writing-in-blood, imdb.golden-pavillion, imdb.japan, imdb.author, imdb.writer, imdb.self-loathing, imdb.private-army, imdb.playwright, imdb.zen, mdblist.certified-fresh, mdblist.metacritic-must-see, imdb.man-dances-with-a-man, mdblist.ext.2k-blu-ray, imdb.war-monger, imdb.grandmother-grandson-talk, imdb.bamboo, imdb.virginity, imdb.call-girl, imdb.female-full-frontal-nudity, tmdb.gay-theme, imdb.imperial-japan, imdb.homoeroticism, imdb.japanese-culture, imdb.japanese-literature, imdb.co-written-by-director, imdb.voice-over-narration, imdb.full-frontal-nudity, imdb.gay-protagonist, imdb.gay-bar, tmdb.four-chapters, tmdb.film-in-chapters, imdb.wound, imdb.worship, imdb.watching-tv, imdb.vow, imdb.virgin, imdb.venereal-disease, imdb.undressing, imdb.u-s-soldier, imdb.tuberculosis, imdb.toy-soldier, imdb.tournament, imdb.torture, imdb.tokyo-university, imdb.tokyo-japan, imdb.theater, imdb.theater-production, imdb.telephone-call, imdb.teenage-girl, imdb.teenage-boy, imdb.tailor, imdb.sword, imdb.surrealism, imdb.subtitled-scene, imdb.storytelling, imdb.spirituality, imdb.speech, imdb.song, imdb.singing, imdb.singer, imdb.shower, imdb.ship, imdb.shaving, imdb.sex, imdb.sexual-ambivalence, imdb.secret-society, imdb.school, imdb.scar, imdb.samurai, imdb.samurai-sword, imdb.sadism, imdb.s-m, imdb.running, imdb.ritual, imdb.ritual-suicide, imdb.right-wing, imdb.restaurant, imdb.rehearsal, imdb.reference-to-charles-degaulle, imdb.rebellion, imdb.reading-a-newspaper, imdb.razor, imdb.rain, imdb.raid, imdb.radical, imdb.purity, imdb.purification, imdb.publishing-company, imdb.prostitute, imdb.prison, imdb.pride, imdb.press-conference, imdb.post-world-war-two, imdb.politics, imdb.poet, imdb.poem, imdb.playing-hooky, imdb.pity, imdb.pilot, imdb.physical-deformity, imdb.photograph, imdb.photographer, imdb.pavillion, imdb.painting, imdb.painter, imdb.older-man-younger-man-relationship, imdb.old-woman, imdb.old-man, imdb.nudity, imdb.noh-theater, imdb.newspaper, imdb.nervousness, imdb.nationalism, imdb.murder, imdb.mount-fuji, imdb.mother-son-relationship, imdb.montage, imdb.money, imdb.mist, imdb.mirror, imdb.militia, imdb.military, imdb.military-training, imdb.military-parade, imdb.military-draft, imdb.militarism, imdb.microphone, imdb.metaphor, imdb.melon, imdb.matador, imdb.masturbation, imdb.martial-arts, imdb.martial-arts-tournament, imdb.martial-arts-team, imdb.marching, imdb.mama-s-boy, imdb.male-rear-nudity, imdb.male-nudity, imdb.male-frontal-nudity, imdb.insanity, imdb.loan, imdb.loan-shark, imdb.lie, imdb.letter, imdb.kyoto-japan, imdb.knife, imdb.kneeling, imdb.kendo, imdb.kamikaze, imdb.kabuki, imdb.jet, imdb.japanese-underwear, imdb.japanese-soldier, imdb.japanese-flag, imdb.japanese-army, imdb.jail, imdb.jail-cell, imdb.interrogation, imdb.illness, imdb.husband-wife-relationship, imdb.hirohito, imdb.heaven, imdb.harmony, imdb.hara-kiri, imdb.hachimaki, imdb.gym, imdb.guard-post, imdb.grandmother-grandson-relationship, imdb.globe, imdb.garrison, imdb.gangster, imdb.fundoshi, imdb.friend, imdb.friendship, imdb.four-chapters, imdb.food, imdb.flowers, imdb.fleeing, imdb.flashback, imdb.fire, imdb.film-within-a-film, imdb.film-set, imdb.film-director, imdb.fight, imdb.fever, imdb.female-rear-nudity, imdb.fame, imdb.faking-illness, imdb.faked-tuberculosis, 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imdb.alarm, imdb.airplane, imdb.air-raid, imdb.air-raid-warden, imdb.air-raid-shelter, imdb.aesthetics, imdb.adoration, imdb.actress, imdb.actor, imdb.acolyte, imdb.female-nudity, imdb.stuttering, imdb.obsession, imdb.narcissism, imdb.masochism, imdb.sword-fight, imdb.katana-sword, imdb.poetry, imdb.seppuku, imdb.suicide, imdb.revolt, imdb.fascism, imdb.writing, imdb.based-on-novel, imdb.character-name-in-title, imdb.japanese, imdb.redemption, imdb.bare-chested-man, imdb.lgbtq-film, imdb.homosexual-character, imdb.gay-character, imdb.ultra-rightist, imdb.postmodernism, imdb.general-the-military-rank, imdb.scene-based-on-a-painting, imdb.artist, imdb.last-days-of-one-s-life, soundmix.dolby-stereo, aspectratio.1-85-1, mdblist.ext.4k-blu-ray

Watch Providers: Criterion Channel

Production companies: American Zoetrope, Filmlink International, Lucasfilm Ltd.

Country: United States
Languages: Japanese, English