Number of Discs
1
Certificate
15
Country/Region of Manufacture
Japan
Composer
Philip Glass
Production Designer
Eiko Ishioka
Reviews
Variety - ...A boldly conceived, intelligent and consistently absorbing study....[A] seductively designed picture..., Los Angeles Times - ...You may not be able to take your eyes from the screen...
Additional Information
MISHIMA - A LIFE IN FOUR CHAPTERS is director Paul Schrader's stunning film biography of one of Japan's most celebrated post-World War II writers--Yukio Mishima (Ken Ogata). A fictionalized account in four segments, three of the segments parallel events in Mishima's life with his novels (THE TEMPLE OF THE GOLDEN PAVILLION, KYOKO'S HOUSE, and RUNAWAY HORSES), while the fourth depicts November 25, 1970, the last day of his life, a day in which he committed two puzzling, stunning acts--one political, one deeply personal. MISHIMA is an amazing, disturbing multidimensional character study whose stunning visual splendour is supported by a riveting score by Philip Glass. It is a daring film that explores an obsessed artist--and tries to understand him--through his own writing.
Art Director
Kazuo Takenaka
Screenwriter
Paul Schrader, Chieko Schrader, Leonard Schrader
Costume Designer
Eiko Ishioka, Etsuko Yagyu
Sound source
Dolby Digital
Movie/TV Title
Mishima - A Life In Four Chapters
Editor
Tomoyo Oshima, Michael Chandler
Director of Photography
John Bailey
Consumer Advice
Contains suicide theme, strong bloody images, sex references and nudity