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{{Short description|2012 film by Kōji Wakamatsu}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = 11/25 The Day Mishima Chose His Own Fate
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| director       = [[Kōji Wakamatsu]]
| producer       = [[Noriko Ozaki]]<br>Kōji Wakamatsu
| writer         = [[Masayuki Kakegawa]]
| starring       = [[Arata Iura]]
| music          =
| cinematography = Yûsaku Mitsuwaka<br>Tomohiko Tsuji
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| released       = {{Film date|2012|5|25|[[2012 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes]]|2012|6|2|Japan|df=yes}}
| runtime        = 119 minutes
| country        = Japan
| language       = Japanese
}}
{{nihongo|'''''11/25 The Day Mishima Chose His Own Fate'''''|11・25自決の日 三島由紀夫と若者たち|11.25 Jiketsu no Hi: Mishima Yukio to Wakamonotachi}}, also called '''''11.25 The Day He Chose His Own Fate''''', is a 2012 Japanese [[drama film]] directed by [[Kōji Wakamatsu]]. The film was based on the [[Mishima Incident]], which was a failed [[coup d'etat]] attempt led by [[Yukio Mishima]] in 1970. The film competed in the [[Un Certain Regard]] section at the [[2012 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="Official Selection">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/article/58878.html |title=2012 Official Selection |access-date=22 April 2012 |work=Cannes}}</ref><ref name="nipponcinema">{{cite web |url=http://www.nipponcinema.com/tag/11-25-jiketsu-no-hi-mishima-yukio-to-wakamonotachi |title=11.25 The Day He Chose His Own Fate |access-date=22 April 2012 |work=Nippon Cinema |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404183854/http://www.nipponcinema.com/tag/11-25-jiketsu-no-hi-mishima-yukio-to-wakamonotachi |archive-date=4 April 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Premise ==
In 1970 the well-known Japanese public figure and famous writer Yukio Mishima, while visiting a military base, suddenly began calling for soldiers to revolt. When his proposal was rejected, he committed suicide in the way that the ancient samurai resorted to if they believed that they were indelibly ashamed. The film uses fragmented scenes to explore that moment.
==Cast==
This is the film cast.<ref>{{cite book|last= Wakamatsu |first= Kōji |editor-last= Otomo|editor-first=Asako|title= 11:25 The Day He Chose His Own Fate (Theater program)|trans-title=11・25自決の日 三島由紀夫と若者たち (劇場プログラム)|year= 2012| publisher= Yugakusha| language= ja|pages= 94–97, 127}}</ref>
* [[Arata Iura]] as [[Yukio Mishima]] (the head of [[Tatenokai]])
* [[Shinnosuke Mitsushima]] as [[Masakatsu Morita]] (the second student leader of Tatenokai)
* {{ill|Takatsugu Iwama|ja|岩間天嗣}} as [[Hiroyasu Koga]] (Tatenokai member)
* {{ill|Tasuku Nagaoka|ja|永岡佑}} as {{ill|Masayoshi Koga|ja|小賀正義}} (Tatenokai member)
* {{ill|Suzunosuke|ja|鈴之助}} as {{ill|Masahiro Ogawa|ja|小川正洋}} (Tatenokai member)
* {{ill|Soran Tamoto|ja|田本清嵐}} as [[Otoya Yamaguchi]] (the boy who killed [[Inejiro Asanuma]])
* [[Shinobu Terajima]] as {{ill|Yoko Hiraoka|ja|平岡瑤子}} (Mishima's wife)
* [[Kiyohiko Shibukawa]] as {{ill|Hiroshi Mochimaru|ja|持丸博}} (the first student leader of Tatenokai)
* {{ill|Shima Onishi|ja|大西信満}} as Kiyoshi Kuramochi (a Tatenokai member)
* {{ill|Hideo Nakaizumi|ja|中泉英雄}} as Kenichi Tanaka (a Tatenokai member)
* [[Tomosuke Kasamatsu]] as Kazuhiko Nakatsuji (a Tatenokai member)
* [[Yuki Hirano]] as Tomoaki Turuoka (a Tatenokai member)
* {{ill|Shinji Suzuki|ja|鈴木信二}} as Makatsu Sekikawa (a Tatenokai member and {{nihongo||[[Ryūteki]]|龍笛|extra2="[[Dragon flute]]"}} player)
* {{ill|Ichiro Hashimoto|ja|橋本一郎}} as Hidetoshi Saito (a [[Nihon Gakusei Domei]] member)
* [[Motoki Ochiai]] as Hideaki Endo (a Tatenokai member, he engaged in {{nihongo|[[Kuril Islands dispute]]|北方領土問題}} with Morita)
* {{ill|Yuto Kobayashi|ja|小林優斗}} as Shigeru Ueda (Morita's childhood friend)
* [[Hanae Kan]] as Makiko (a Tatenokai member, Shigeru's sister)
* {{ill|Katsuyuki Shinohara|ja|篠原勝之}} as Ikarii, Lieutenant general (the principal of the [[Fuji, Shizuoka|Fuji]] school of [[Japan Self-Defense Forces]])
* [[Gô Jibiki]] as Takashi Fukuoka (an instructor of the Fuji school)
* {{ill|Ryushi Mizukami|ja|水上竜士}} as Kiyokatsu Yamamoto (the manager of information education section of Investigation school of JSDF)
* [[Ken Yoshizawa]] as {{ill|Kanetoshi Mashita|ja|益田兼利}} (the commandant the Ichigaya Camp- the Tokyo headquarters of the Eastern Command of JSDF)
* {{ill|Sanshiro Kobayashi|ja|小林三四郎}} as {{ill|Hiroshi Funasaka|ja|舩坂弘}} (a former officer who presented the {{nihongo||[[Katana]]|刀|extra2="Japanese sword"}}, {{nihongo||Seki no Magoroku|関の孫六|extra2="Celebrated sword which Magoroku made"}} to Mishima)
==References==
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===Bibliography===
* {{cite book|last= Wakamatsu |first= Kōji |editor-last= Otomo|editor-first=Asako|title= 11:25 The Day He Chose His Own Fate (Theater program)|trans-title=11・25自決の日 三島由紀夫と若者たち (劇場プログラム)|year= 2012| publisher= Yugakusha| language= ja}}
==External links==
* {{IMDb title|1728686}}
{{Kōji Wakamatsu}}
{{Yukio Mishima}}
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