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Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)

Directed by Paul Schrader

Biography | Drama

Overview

A fictional account of the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima, combining dramatizations of three of his novels and a depiction of the events of November 25th, 1970.

Rated R | Length 121 minutes

Actors

Ken Ogata | Gô Rijû | Masayuki Shionoya | Hiroshi Mikami | Junkichi Orimoto | Masato Aizawa | Junya Fukuda | Shigeto Tachihara | Yuki Nagahara | Kyuzo Kobayashi | Yuki Kitazume | Haruko Kato | Bandō Mitsugorō X | 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 | Kunihiro Ida | Jun Negami | Ryô Ikebe | Toshio Hosokawa | Hideo Fukuhara | Yosuke Mizuno | Eimei Esumi | Minoru Hodaka | Alan Poul | Ren Ebata | Yasuhiro Arai | Fumio Mizushima | Shinji Miura | Sachiko Akagi | Tsutomu Harada | Mami Okamoto | Atsushi Takayama | Kimiko Ito | Kojiro Oka | Tatsuya Hiragaki | Shinichi Nosaka | Sachiko Hidari | Roy Scheider | Chishū Ryū | Naoko Ôtani | Yuichi Sato | Masahiko Sakata

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

I had Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985) in my Instawatch queue but never managed to get to it. Then I heard GGTMC cover it and realized it was something I didn’t want to wait any longer to see. Got the Criterion edition from the library and dived in.

It’s every thing the Gentlemen said and then some. Was really into the different vibe each chapter of Mishima’s life brings all framed within his central and final story. Powerful and vastly entertaining. Paul Schrader really conveys the Japanese sensibility of Mishima’s life. Ken Ogata just nails it. Already wanted to view it again after this viewing. So very good. Highly recommended.

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