Kirill Serebrennikov Instagram – There is an exact date : November 24, 1970 – is the day he and his four followers last came here. It was a popular place in Tokyo – it’s delicious and you can retire to a separate room. So he often went to this restaurant.
After 54 years, everything is preserved – the room is the same, serving exactly the same chicken set with the same beer. And the same woman serves food – now a lady in her age, and then, 54 years ago, the young wife of the owner of the restaurant. She was pleased with my interest in the events of half a century ago and said that she remembers that day very well, even though many years have passed. All the men sitting in this room were silent. There was a feeling of gloomy anxiety. Usually, the guests and he themselves discussed vividly, drank a lot of beer, and argued. But not then. Not this day – November 24, 1970. When he and his companions left, she used to walk them to the doorstep and say she was waiting for them at the place next time. He reacted strangely – stopped, looked carefully at the young girl in the kimono, and said: “For such a beauty, I will return even from the dead.” Of course, she did not recall this phrase until the next day, November 25, 1070, when she read in the news that the famous writer Yukio Mishima and his followers had attempted to seize a military base in order to raise the army and carry out a monarchical coup with the abolition of the 1947 constitution. The coup failed, Mishima gave a speech and then made a seppuku (* also called harakiri, is a form of Japanese ritualistic suicide by disembowelment.) His adjutant cut off Mishima’s head on his third attempt. According to the code of honour, samurai, who brings his life to the emperor and preserves himself from dishonor, must die with his head in his hands.
…to be continued… | Posted on 27/Jul/2024 17:14:05
