Gô Jibiki

Wakamatsu here tells the story of the Asama-Sanso hostage drama, which riveted Japan for ten days in 1972, and remains as evocative there as the words "Patty Hearst" or "Munich '72" are in the west. The Asama-Sanso incident brought a bloody end to not just a small group of radical extremists, but also to the idealism of the 1960's, as the romance of rebellion gave way to the darker sides of human nature, from Altamont to the Japanese mountainside. (Kosmorama.no)

On November 25th 1970, a man committed ritual suicide inside the Tokyo headquarters of the Japanese Ministry of Defense. The man was Yukio Mishima, one of Japan's greatest and most celebrated novelists.With four members of his own private army -- the Tatenokai -- Mishima had taken the commandant hostage and called upon the assembled military outside the Ministry to overthrow their society and restore the powers of the Emperor. (mubi.com)

Torihada 5 consists of five stories: 1. Cunizing is the beginning of fear, 2. The logic of the excluded weak, 3. A Record of Cruelty Outside of Thought, 4. Unpleasant factors and conclusions to be delivered, 5. The End of Desire and Trust.

Torihada 6 consists of six stories: 1. Planned farewell production and trembling, 2. The probability of absurdity lurking in everyday life, 3. The minimum cost necessary for self-protection, 4. Fear and madness of those who don't have it, 5. The terrible cruelty in the angels, 6. The seat of the main character of the tragedy is obtained by selflessness.