Mishima : a life in four chapters /

Mishima : a life in four chapters /

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Bibliographic Details
Edition:	Special ed.; Widescreen ed.
Imprint:	[Irvington, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, 2008.
Description:	2 videodiscs (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language:	Japanese
Series:	Criterion collection ; 432 Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 432.
Subject:	Mishima, Yukio, -- 1925-1970 -- Drama. Mishima, Yukio, -- 1925-1970. 三島由紀夫, 1925-1970 Drama. Authors, Japanese -- 20th century -- Biography. Suicide -- Drama. Authors, Japanese. Interpersonal relations. Male friendship. Man-woman relationships. Fiction films. Feature films. Biographical films. Biography. Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Historical films.
Format:	DVD Video
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7195313

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Other authors / contributors:	Schrader, Paul, 1946- Coppola, Francis Ford, 1939- Lucas, George, 1944- Luddy, Tom. Yamamoto, Mataichirō, 1947- Schrader, Leonard. Glass, Philip. Ogata, Ken, 1937-2008 Sawada, Kenji, 1948- Bando, Mitsugoro, 1956-2015 Nagashima, Toshiyuki, 1956- 山本又一朗, 1947- 緖形拳, 1937-2008 沢田研二, 1948- 坂東三津五郎, 1956- 永島敏行, 1956- Janus Films. American Zoetrope (Firm)
ISBN:	9781604650402 1604650400
Notes:	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. 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. Ogata Ken (Mishima Yukio), Sawada Kenji (Osamu), Bandō Yasosuke (Mizoguchi), Nagashima Toshiyuki (Isao). DVD, anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation, Dolby Digital Stereo. Japanese dialogue; English subtitles.
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.
Target Audience:	Rating: R.
Standard no.:	715515029728
Publisher's no.:	CC1752D The Criterion Collection

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Summary:	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.
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.
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD, anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation, Dolby Digital Stereo.
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