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Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters (Criterion Collection)

Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters (Criterion Collection)

Warner Bros. (1985)
Biography | Drama | Foreign
USA | Japanese | Color | 02:01
Blu-ray
NR (Not Rated)
715515214810
| 1 disc
Region 1

A fictional account of the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima told in four parts. The first three parts relate events in three of his novels: The temple of the Golden Pavilion, Kyoko's House, and Runaway Horses. The last part depicts the events of 25th November 1970.


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Ken Ogata Yukio Mishima (segment November 25 / 1970)
Masayuki Shionoya Morita (segment November 25 / 1970)
Hiroshi Mikami Cadet #1 (segment November 25 / 1970)
Junya Fukuda Cadet #2 (segment November 25 / 1970)
Shigeto Tachihara Cadet #3 (segment November 25 / 1970)
Junkichi Orimoto General Mashita (segment November 25 / 1970)
Naoko Otani Mother (segment Flashbacks)
Gô Rijû Mishima / age 18-19 (segment Flashbacks)
Masato Aizawa Mishima - age 9-14 (segment Flashbacks)
Yuki Nagahara Mishima / age 5 (segment Flashbacks)
Kyuzo Kobayashi Literary Friend (segment Flashbacks)
Yuki Kitazume Dancing Friend (segment Flashbacks)
Haruko Kato Grandmother (segment Flashbacks)
Yasosuke Bando Mizoguchi (segment The Temple of the Golden Pavilion)
Hisako Manda Mariko (segment The Temple of the Golden Pavilion)
Naomi Oki First Girl (segment The Temple of the Golden Pavilion)
Miki Takakura Second Girl (segment The Temple of the Golden Pavilion)
Imari Tsujikoichi Sato Madame (segment The Temple of the Golden Pavilion)
Koichi Sato Kashiwagi (segment The Temple of the Golden Pavilion)
Kenji Sawada Osamu (segment Kyoko's House)
Reisen Ri Kiyomi (segment Kyoko's House)
Setsuko Karasuma Mitsuko (segment Kyoko's House)
Tadanori Yokoo Natsuo (segment Kyoko's House)
Yasuaki Kurata Takei (segment Kyoko's House)
Mitsuru Hirata Thug (segment Kyoko's House)

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Added Date Jun 29, 2018 18:50:20
Modified Date Jun 12, 2022 00:34:42

Edition details

Screen Ratios Widescreen (1.85:1)
Audio Tracks SUB [English]
Distributor Criterion Collection
Edition Release Date May 22, 2018

Notes

Bought at the B&N summer sale 2018

SPECIAL FEATURES
DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES:

New, restored 4K digital transfer of the director’s cut, supervised and approved by director Paul Schrader and cinematographer John Bailey, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
Two alternate English narrations, including one by actor Roy Scheider
Audio commentary from 2006 featuring Schrader and producer Alan Poul
Interviews from 2007 and 2008 with Bailey, producers Tom Luddy and Mata Yamamoto, composer Philip Glass, and production designer Eiko Ishioka
Interviews from 2008 with Yukio Mishima biographer John Nathan and friend Donald Richie
Audio interview from 2008 with coscreenwriter Chieko Schrader
Interview excerpt from 1966 featuring Mishima talking about writing
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima, a documentary from 1985 about the author
Trailer
PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Kevin Jackson, a piece on the film’s censorship in Japan, and photographs of Ishioka’s sets
Cover by Neil Kellerhouse

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