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* AudienceAlienatingPremise: This is most likely the reason it was an AcclaimedFlop. Most american audiences didn't even know of Yukio Mishima or his works, not even Japanese-Americans, not helped by large portions being in Japanese. Meanwhile as outlined in AmericansHateTingle, Japanese audiences found his political views too offputting to watch to the point it went gone straight to TV there with no home release.

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* AudienceAlienatingPremise: This is most likely the reason it was an AcclaimedFlop. Most american audiences didn't even know of Yukio Mishima or his works, not even Japanese-Americans, [[MinorityShowGhetto not helped by large portions being in Japanese.Japanese]]. Meanwhile as outlined in AmericansHateTingle, Japanese audiences found his political views too offputting to watch to the point it went gone straight to TV there with no home release.
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* AudienceAlienatingPremise: This is most likely the reason it was an AcclaimedFlop. Most american audiences didn't even know of Yukio Mishima or his works, not even Japanese-Americans, not helped by large portions being in Japanese. Meanwhile as outlined in AmericansHateTingle, Japanese audiences found his political views too offputting to watch to the point it went gone straight to TV there with no home release.
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* GeniusBonus: The scene of Mishima's seppuku is very similar to his film on the subject, ''Patriotism''. Foreshadowed by a bit of the production of that film being shown in a flashback.
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* GeniusBonus: The scene of Mishima's seppuku is very similar to his film on the subject, ''Patriotism''. Foreshadowed by a bit of the production of that film being shown in a flashback.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce-MgBodDeQ What pretty much everyone came to expect from Philip Glass.]]

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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce-MgBodDeQ What pretty much everyone came to expect from Philip Glass.]]from]] Music/PhilipGlass.
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* LeFilmArtistique: And how.
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* AmericansHateTingle: The movie has a very low profile in Japan because the far-right in the country don't like the candid way Mishima's homosexuality is portrayed, ironic given Mishima's own far-right views.

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* AmericansHateTingle: The movie has a very low profile in Japan because the mainstream doesn't like talking about such a far-right political figure, and the far-right in the country don't like the candid way Mishima's homosexuality is portrayed, ironic given Mishima's own far-right views.portrayed. In fact, production was repeatedly disrupted by angry Mishima supporters making threats, as recounted in TroubledProduction.
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* AmericansHateTingle: The movie has a very low profile in Japan because the far-right in the country don't like the candid way Mishima's homosexuality is portrayed.

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* AmericansHateTingle: The movie has a very low profile in Japan because the far-right in the country don't like the candid way Mishima's homosexuality is portrayed.portrayed, ironic given Mishima's own far-right views.
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* AmericansHateTingle: The movie has a very low profile in Japan because the far-right in the country doesn't like the candid way Mishima's homosexuality is portrayed.

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* AmericansHateTingle: The movie has a very low profile in Japan because the far-right in the country doesn't don't like the candid way Mishima's homosexuality is portrayed.
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* LeFilmArtistique: And how.

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* AmericansHateTingle: The movie has a very low profile in Japan because the far-right in the country doesn't like the candid way Mishima's homosexuality is portrayed.



* GeniusBonus:
** For starters, who Yukio Mishima even is
** The scene of Mishima's seppuku is very similar to his film on the subject, ''Patriotism''. Foreshadowed by a bit of the production of that film being shown in a flashback.

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* GeniusBonus:
** For starters, who Yukio Mishima even is
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GeniusBonus: The scene of Mishima's seppuku is very similar to his film on the subject, ''Patriotism''. Foreshadowed by a bit of the production of that film being shown in a flashback.
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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce-MgBodDeQ What pretty much everyone came to expect from Philip Glass.]]

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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce-MgBodDeQ What pretty much everyone came to expect from Philip Glass.]]
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** The scene of Mishima's seppuku is very similar to his film on the subject. Foreshadowed by a bit of the production of that film being shown in a flashback.

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** The scene of Mishima's seppuku is very similar to his film on the subject.subject, ''Patriotism''. Foreshadowed by a bit of the production of that film being shown in a flashback.
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* AdaptationDisplacement: Fans of ''TheTrumanShow'' probably have no idea the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYGu8ap1FvI climactic music]] came from ''Mishima''.

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* AdaptationDisplacement: Fans of ''TheTrumanShow'' ''Film/TheTrumanShow'' probably have no idea the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYGu8ap1FvI climactic music]] came from ''Mishima''.
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* AdaptationDisplacement: Fans of ''TheTrumanShow'' probably have no idea the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYGu8ap1FvI climactic music]] came from ''Mishima''.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce-MgBodDeQ What pretty much everyone came to expect from Philip Glass.]]
* GeniusBonus:
** For starters, who Yukio Mishima even is
** The scene of Mishima's seppuku is very similar to his film on the subject. Foreshadowed by a bit of the production of that film being shown in a flashback.
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