Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (Criterion Collection) (Blu-ray) R
On November 25, 1970, Japan's greatest author Yukio Mishima commited an act that shocked the literary world...
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 2 hours
- Video: Black & White / Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: May 22, 2018
- Originally Released: 1985
- Label: Criterion Collection
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Ken Ogata | |
Performer: | Toshiyuki Nagashima, Kenji Sawara & Yasosuke Bando | |
Directed by | Paul Schrader | |
Composition by | Philip Glass | |
Produced by | Tom Luddy & MataichirĂ´ Yamamoto | |
Director of Photography: | John Bailey | |
Executive Production by | Francis Ford Coppola & George Lucas |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 4/5 --
A very stylish, if emotionally constrained film.
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Guardian
One of the most gorgeous and sophisticated portraits of an artist ever put on film.
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New Yorker
Rating: 4.5/5 --
From Philip Glass's glorious score to John Bailey's rich cinematography, Schrader's movie is never less than ravishing.
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Film4
Rating: 5/5 --
Graced with a throbbing orchestral score from Philip Glass and John Bailey's luminous photography, this is appropriately monumental filmmaking.
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Time Out
...A boldly conceived, intelligent and consistently absorbing study....[A] seductively designed picture...
Variety
Rating: 3.5/4 --
The storylines are often overwhelmed by the sheer magnificence of the visual approach.
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Creative Loafing
...You may not be able to take your eyes from the screen...
Los Angeles Times
Product Description:
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 splendor 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.