MISHIMA: A LIFE IN FOUR CHAPTERS [BLU-RAY]

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• Release Year: 1985
• Genre: Drama, Foreign
• Plot: Paul Schrader’s visually stunning, collagelike portrait of the acclaimed Japanese author and playwright Yukio Mishima (played by Ken Ogata) investigates the inner turmoil and contradictions of a man who attempted the impossible task of finding harmony among self, art, and society. Taking place on the last day of Mishima’s life, when he famously committed public seppuku, the film is punctuated by extended flashbacks to the writer’s past as well as 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 tribute to its subject and a bold, investigative work of art in its own right.
• Cast: Roy Scheider, Ken Ogata, Masayuki Shionoya, Hiroshi Mikami, Junya Fukuda, Shigeto Tachihara, Junkichi Orimoto, Naoko Otani, Gô Rijû, Masato Aizawa, Yuki Nagahara, Kyuzo Kobayashi, Yuki Kitazume, Haruko Kato, Yasosuke Bando, Hisako Manda, Naomi Oki, Miki Takakura, Imari Tsujikoichi Sato, Koichi Sato, Kenji Sawada, Reisen Lee, Setsuko Karasuma, Tadanori Yokoo, Yasuaki Kurata, Mitsuru Hirata, Toshiyuki Nagashima, Hiroshi Katsuno, Naoya Makoto, Hiroki Ida, Jun Negami, Ryo Ikebe, Toshio Hosokawa, Hideo Fukuhara, Yosuke Mizuno, Eimei Ezumi, Minoru Hodaka, Shoichiro Sakata, Alan Mark Poul, Ren Ebata, Yasuhiro Arai, Fumio Mizushima, Shinji Miura, Yuichi Sato, Sachiko Akagi, Tsutomu Harada, Mami Okamoto, Atsushi Takayama, Kimiko Ito, Kojiro Oka, Tatsuya Hiragaki, Shinichi Nosaka, Sachiko Hidari, Paul Schrader, George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola
• Director: Paul Schrader
• Runtime: 2:00
• Company: Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie