Mishima

DVD Features:

Audio:

• Dolby Digital 2.0 - Japanese
• Subtitles - English - Optional

Additional Release Material:

• Audio Commentary - 1. Paul Schrader - Director
                               2. Alan Poul - Producer
• Documentary - THE STRANGE CASE OF YUKIO MISHIMA (BBC)
• Interview - 1. John Bailey - Cinematographer
                  2. Phillip Glass - Composer
                  3. Eiko Ishioka - Designer
                  4. Tomm Luddy - Producer
                  5. John Natan - Biographer
                  6. Chieko Schrader - Coscreenwriter
                  7. Mata Yamamoto  - Producer  
• Trailers - Theatrical Trailer

Additional Product:

• Booklet - Essay by Kevin Jackson - Critic

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.

Plot Keywords:

Adventure | Biography | Drama | Drama (General) | Theatrical Release | Writers

Production Notes:

• Yukio Mishima was a writer even from early childhood--his essays were published in school periodicals.
• Mishima was the author's pen name--inspired by a poet he admired--which he chose in high school.

Cast and Crew: