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Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
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20 September 1985 (USA) moreTagline:
On November 25, 1970, Japan's greatest author Yukio Mishima commited an act that shocked the literary world...Plot:
A fictionalized account in four segments of the life of Japan's celebrated twentieth-century author Yukio Mishima... more | add synopsisAwards:
1 win & 1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
(4 articles)
This is the dawning of the Age of Credulity (From Roger Ebert's Blog. 25 September 2008, 5:04 PM, PDT)
Zhang Yimou's gold medal
(From Roger Ebert's Blog. 11 August 2008, 2:30 PM, PDT)
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Amazing moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Ken Ogata | ... | Yukio Mishima |
| Masayuki Shionoya | ... | Morita |
| Hiroshi Mikami | ... | Cadet 1 |
| Junya Fukuda | ... | Cadet No. 2 |
| Shigeto Tachihara | ... | Cadet No. 3 |
| Junkichi Orimoto | ... | General Mashita |
| Naoko Otani | ||
| Gô Rijû | ... | Mishima, Age 18-19 |
| Masato Aizawa | ||
| Yuki Nagahara | ... | Mishima, Age 5 |
| Kyuzo Kobayashi | ... | Literary Friend |
| Yuki Kitazume | ... | Dancing friend |
| Haruko Kato | ... | Grandmother |
| Yasosuke Bando | ... | Mizoguchi |
| Hisako Manda | ... | Mariko |
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121 minCountry:
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Iceland:16 | Argentina:18 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:R | West Germany:16 | UK:15 | Japan:(Banned) | Germany:16 | Canada:18A | Australia:MFilming Locations:
Tokyo, JapanMOVIEmeter: 
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Has never been officially released in Japan even to this day (2005) theatrically or on video because of the controversy over both Yukio Mishima's politics and the film itself. However, it has been shown on television (albiet with the gay bar scene removed) and the U.S. DVD can legally be imported there. moreGoofs:
Factual errors: The globe's stand was not knocked during the scuffle. moreQuotes:
Mizoguchi: [stuttering] It was as s-small as this, but grew so big... it filled the world like... tremendous music. That's the p-p-power of beauty's eternity. It poisons us. It blocks out our lives.Mariko: Please, enough of your pride! Beauty is like a rotten tooth. It rubs against your tongue, hurting, insisting on its importance. Finally you go to a dentist and have it pulled. Then you look at the small bloody tooth in your hand and say, "Is that all it was?" That's the way it is.
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Mishima is one of the greatest films ever made. Now I think Paul Schrader is the greatest screenwriter of all time, but I don't really like the films he's directed of what I've seen (with the exception of this and Affliction), but this is an amazing, disturbing, and highly 3-dimensional character study. It follows the life of Yukio Mishima, Japan's most celebrated writer, combining the last day of his life with flashbacks and his stories. I don't know how, but Paul Schrader manages to combine all of those in a very artistic way. The acting is great, so is the photography, and a perfect score by Philip Glass. Although confusing the first viewing, this is one of the few films that becomes richer with each viewing. Truly an underrated gem of a film.