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Patriotism or the Rite of Love and Death (憂國, Yūkoku) (1966) (Short, 29mins) Director: Yukio Mishima Two characters on a Noh stage dramatize the rite of love and death of Lieutenant Shinji Takeyama and his wife Reiko. Playwright and novelist Yukio Mishima foreshadowed his own violent suicide with this ravishing…