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Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters is a 1985 biographical drama film based on the life and work of Japanese writer Yukio Mishima, directed by Paul Schrader from a screenplay by his brother Leonard and Leonard's wife Chieko Schrader from a story by Paul Schrader and Jun Shiragi.
Sep 20, 1985 · Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters: Directed by Paul Schrader. With Ken Ogata, Masayuki Shionoya, Hiroshi Mikami, Junya Fukuda. A fictionalized account in four chapters of the life of celebrated Japanese writer Yukio Mishima.
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- Biography, Drama
- Paul Schrader
- 1985-09-20
Paul Schrader’s visually stunning, collagelike portrait of the acclaimed Japanese author and playwright Yukio Mishima (played by Ken Ogata) investigates the inner turmoil and contradictions of a man who attempted the impossible task of finding harmony among self, art, and society.
- Yukio Mishima
Dec 15, 2007 · Paul Schrader's "Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters" (1985) is the most unconventional biopic I've ever seen, and one of the best. In a triumph of concise writing and construction, it considers three crucial aspects of the life of the Japanese author Yukio Mishima (1925-1970).
Fact, fiction and dramatization illustrate events in the life of controversial author-militarist Yukio Mishima.
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- Paul Schrader
- R
- Ken Ogata, Kenji Sawada, Toshiyuki Nagashima
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.
Paul Schrader has not made one. Instead, his "Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters" takes this most flamboyant of writers and translates his life into a carefully structured examination of three different Mishimas: public, private and literary.
