Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)

Kenji Sawada: Osamu (segment "Kyoko's House")

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• Osamu : They don't even know that art is a shadow... that stage blood is not enough.

• Osamu : [after his mistress cuts him with a small blade]  A thought just occurred to me: "This is the woman I've been looking for. I've finally found her." For the first time I feel like I exist. I don't need a mirror.

• [Kiyomi cuts Osamu's bare chest. Osamu looks up, surprised] 

  Kiyomi : It's just a little cut.

  Osamu : Why?

  Kiyomi : Your skin is so beautiful, I just had to cut it.

  Osamu : [smiles]  It felt pleasant.

• Osamu : You have to promise not to kiss me... until after I'm dead.