An eerie self-fulling prophecy on the cover of " Patriotism"

I can't quite call it " Current Viewing" because I just stumbled on this short film by the Japanese novelist Mishima via a tip from a TI reader. I'm so in love with cover design of this Criterion DVD however, I just had to post it. Thanks RD! I didn't even know Mishima had made a movie!

Here's the synopsis from Amazon.com where I ordered "Patriotism"

Playwright and novelist Yukio Mishima predicted his own suicide with this ravishing short feature his only foray into filmmaking yet directed with the expressiveness and confidence of a true cinema artist. All prints of Patriotism (Yukoku) which depicts the seppuku (ritual suicide) of a naval officer were destroyed after Mishima's death in 1970 though the negative was saved and the film resurfaced thirty-five years later. New viewers will be stunned at the depth and clarity of Mishima's vision as well as his graphic depictions of sex and death. The film is presented here with a choice of Japanese or English intertitles.