Name: Cinéma Viscéral: Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
Cast: Ken Ogata, Go Riju, Masayuki Shionoya, Hiroshi Mikami

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Paul Schrader’s opulent and visually stunning biography of Japanese writer and Bushido enthousiast Yukio Mishima is a fragmented collage that brings both Mishima’s prose and his turbulent real life to the screen. Banned in Japan because of Mishima’s controversial political views, the film is a fictionalized study of the writer’s life that ended in a shocking act of violence that confronted a still recovering nation with its own history of violence. We are proud to present the restored version of the film, with the Japanese voice-over and the added scenes that Schrader was forced to cut due to issues with the Mishima estate. Japanese language with English subtitles.

Credits

Regie: Paul Schrader
Cast: Ken Ogata, Go Riju, Masayuki Shionoya, Hiroshi Mikami
Genre: drama
Speelduur: 120 minuten
Land: VS, Japan
Taal: Engels, Japans
Ondertiteling: English

Storyline

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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