MISHIMA: A LIFE IN FOUR CHAPTERS

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• Release Year: 1985
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: Paul Schrader's visually stunning, collagelike portrait of acclaimed Japanese author and playwright Yukio Mishima (played by Ken Ogata) investigates the inner turmoil and contradictions of a man who attempted an impossible harmony between self, art, and society. Taking place on Mishima's last day, when he famously committed public seppuku, the film is punctuated by extended flashbacks to the writer's life, as well as by gloriously stylized evocations of his fictional works. With its rich cinematography by John Bailey, exquisite sets and costumes by Eiko Ishioka, and unforgettable, highly influential score by Philip Glass, Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters is a sincere tribute to its subject, and a bold, investigative work of art in its own right.
• Cast: Ken Ogata, Masayuki Shionoya, Hiroshi Mikami, Junya Fukuda, Shigeto Tachihara, Junkichi Orimoto, Naoko Ôtani, Gô Rijû, Masato Aizawa, Yuki Nagahara, Kyûzô Kobayashi, Yuki Kitazume, Haruko Katô, Yasosuke Bando, Hisako Manda, Naomi Oki, Miki Takakura, Imari Tsujikoichi Sato, Kôichi Satô, Kenji Sawada, Reisen Ri, Setsuko Karasuma, Tadanori Yokoo, Yasuaki Kurata, Mitsuru Hirata, Toshiyuki Nagashima, Hiroshi Katsuno, Naoya Makoto, Kunihiko Ida, Jun Negami, Ryô Ikebe, Toshio Hosokawa, Hideo Fukuhara, Yosuke Mizuno, Eimei Esumi, Minoru Hodaka, Shôichirô Sakata, Alan Poul, Ren Ebata, Yasuhiro Arai, Fumio Mizushima, Shinji Miura, Yuichi Sato, Sachiko Akagi, Tsutomu Harada, Mami Okamoto, Atsushi Takayama, Kimiko Itô, Kojiro Oka, Tatsuya Hiragaki, Shinichi Nosaka, Sachiko Hidari, Chishû Ryû, Paul Schrader, Chieko Schrader, Leonard Schrader, Jun Shiragi, Yukio Mishima, George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola
• Director: Paul Schrader
• Runtime: 2:01
• Company: American Zoetrope, Janus Films, The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie