Paul Schrader’s visually stunning, collagelike portrait of acclaimed Japanese author and playwright Yukio Mishima (played by Ken Ogata) investigates the inner turmoil and contradictions of a man who attempted an impossible harmony between self, art, and society. Taking place on Mishima’s last day, when he famously committed public seppuku, the film is punctuated by extended flashbacks to the writer’s life as well as by gloriously stylized evocations of his fictional works. With its rich cinematography by John Bailey, exquisite sets and costumes by Eiko Ishioka, and unforgettable, highly influential score by Philip Glass, Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters is a tribute to its subject and a bold, investigative work of art in its own right.
Disc Features:
DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET:
New, restored high-definition digital transfer of the director’s cut, supervised and approved by director Paul Schrader and cinematographer John Bailey
Optional English and Japanese voice-over narrations, the former by Roy Scheider, the latter by Ken Ogata
New audio commentary featuring Schrader and producer Alan Poul
New video interviews with Bailey, producers Tom Luddy and Mata Yamamoto, composer Philip Glass, and production designer Eiko Ishioka
New video interviews with Mishima biographer John Nathan and friend Donald Richie
New audio interview with coscreenwriter Chieko Schrader
Video interview excerpt featuring Mishima talking about writing
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima, a 55-minute BBC documentary about the author
Theatrical trailer
PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by critic Kevin Jackson, a piece on the film’s censorship in Japan, and photographs of Ishioka’s sets
Disc Features:
DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET:
New, restored high-definition digital transfer of the director’s cut, supervised and approved by director Paul Schrader and cinematographer John Bailey
Optional English and Japanese voice-over narrations, the former by Roy Scheider, the latter by Ken Ogata
New audio commentary featuring Schrader and producer Alan Poul
New video interviews with Bailey, producers Tom Luddy and Mata Yamamoto, composer Philip Glass, and production designer Eiko Ishioka
New video interviews with Mishima biographer John Nathan and friend Donald Richie
New audio interview with coscreenwriter Chieko Schrader
Video interview excerpt featuring Mishima talking about writing
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima, a 55-minute BBC documentary about the author
Theatrical trailer
PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by critic Kevin Jackson, a piece on the film’s censorship in Japan, and photographs of Ishioka’s sets
Spezifikation
- Medium
- DVD
- Darsteller
- Ken Ogata, Masayuki Shionoya, Hiroshi Mikami
- Regisseur
- Paul Schrader
- Sprache
- Japanisch (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), Englisch (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
- Produktionsjahr
- 1985
- Spieldauer
- ca. 121 Minuten
- Bildformat
- 1,85:1 (anamorph / 16:9)
- Veröffentlichung
- 01.07.2008
- Originaltitel
- Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
- Herstellungsland
- USA
- Verpackung
- Digipak
- Regionalcode
- 1 (nur mit codefree Player abspielbar)
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