Productions

Translator: Rein Raud
Artist: Ene-Liis Semper
Choreography: Jüri Nael

"By the age of twenty he was convinced: there is only one thing that he is destined for,
and that is glory, exactly - glory! He did not have the slightest idea, which glory he was
longing for or which glory he was suitable for. He only knew that in the core of the world
darkness there was a ray of light, which was only meant for him, which would one day
take him to itself with the aim of casting light only upon him and himself only."
(Yukio Mishima. "Midnight watch")

Mishima is one of the most outstanding Japanese writers of the 20th century, mainly a
dramatist and a novelist, but also a columnist, film actor, photo model. He was
keen on the traditional Samurai Bushido-ethics and was longing for the imperialistic
Japan. His texts, however, are subtle and romantic, containing long sensitive descriptions, but
also irrational brutality and roughness. His belief in his ideals was steadfast and his
sorrow, resulting from the disappearance of values which were of importance to him,
passionate.