DVD
Mishima : a life in four chapters
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN)
Edition
Special ed.; widescreen version.
Languages
Japanese dialogue; English subtitles.
Performers
Ogata Ken (Mishima Yukio), Sawada Kenji (Osamu), Bandō Yasosuke (Mizoguchi), Nagashima Toshiyuki (Isao).
Publication Information
[Irvington, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, 2008.
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (56 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
A fictionalized account in four segments of the life of Japan's celebrated twentieth-century author/playright Yukio Mishima, the impossible harmony he created between self, art, and society, and his famously committed public seppuku (ritual suicide). Three of the segments parallel events in Mishima's life with his novels (The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (Kinkaku-ji), Kyoko's House, and Runaway Horses), while the fourth depicts 25 November 1970, "The Last Day"... Includes interviews, commentary, documentary, and more.
Notes
Originally released as motion picture in 1985.
Accompanied by a booklet featuring a new essay by critic Kevin Jackson and a piece on the film's censorship in Japan.
Special features: Commentary by the director and producer; The strange case of Yukio Mishima, a 55-minute BBC documentary; interviews with Donald Richie and John Nathan and film crew; video interview excerpt featuring Mishima; theatrical trailer.