Mishima : a life in four chapters /
A look at acclaimed Japanese author and playwright Yukio Mishima, the impossible harmony he created between self, art, and society, and his famously committed public seppuku (ritual suicide). Includes interviews, commentary, documentary, and more.
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Language Notes: | In Japanese with optional subtitles in English. |
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[Irvington, N.Y.] :
The Criterion Collection,
2008.
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| Edition: | Special ed.; Widescreen ed. |
| Series: | Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ;
432. |
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| Summary: | A look at acclaimed Japanese author and playwright Yukio Mishima, the impossible harmony he created between self, art, and society, and his famously committed public seppuku (ritual suicide). Includes interviews, commentary, documentary, and more. |
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| Item Description: | Originally released as motion picture in 1985. Accompanied by a booklet featuring a new essay by critic Kevin Jackson and a piece on the film's censorship in Japan. Special features: Commentary by the director and producer; The strange case of Yukio Mishima, a 55-minute BBC documentary; interviews with Donald Richie and John Nathan and film crew; video interview excerpt featuring Mishima; theatrical trailer. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 2 videodiscs (120 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (56 pages : illustrations) |
| Format: | DVD; anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby digital; region 1; NTSC. |
| Audience: | Rating: R. |
| Production Credits: | Credit: Executive producers, Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas ; producer, Tom Luddy, Mataichiro Yamamoto ; director, Paul Schrader ; writers, Paul Schrader and Leonard Schrader ; music, Philip Glass.. |
| ISBN: | 9781604650402 1604650400 |