Rent Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
3.8 of 5 from 116 ratings
2h 0min
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- Synopsis:
- An ambitious and successful drama that takes on the life and beliefs of Japan's most celebrated author, Yukio Mishima. Mishima was passionate about merging life and art, which eventually resulted in his ritualistic suicide in 1970, a moment when he felt he could reconcile the two polarities.
- Actors:
- Ken Ogata, Masayuki Shionoya, Hiroshi Mikami, Junya Fukuda, Shigeto Tachihara, Junkichi Orimoto, Naoko Ôtani, Gô Rijû, Masato Aizawa, Yuki Nagahara, Kyûzô Kobayashi, Yuki Kitazume, Haruko Katô, Yasosuke Bando, Hisako Manda, Naomi Oki, Miki Takakura, Imari Tsujikoichi Sato, Kôichi Satô, Kenji Sawada
- Directors:
- Paul Schrader
- Producers:
- Tom Luddy, Mataichirô Yamamoto
- Narrated By:
- Ken Ogata, Roy Scheider
- Writers:
- Paul Schrader, Leonard Schrader, Yukio Mishima
- Others:
- John Bailey, Philip Glass, Eiko Ishioka
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Drama, Lesbian & Gay
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- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 11/06/2018
- Run Time:
- 120 minutes
- Languages:
- Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour and B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Two optional English narrations, including one by actor Roy Scheider
- Audio commentary from 2008 featuring Schrader and producer Alan Poul
- Interviews from 2007 and 2008 with Bailey, producers Tom Luddy and Mata Yamamoto, composer Philip Glass, and production designer Eiko Ishioka
- Interviews from 2008 with Mishima biographer John Nathan and friend Donald Richie
- Audio interview from 2008 with co-screenwriter Chieko Schrader
- Interview excerpt from 1966 featuring Mishima talking about writing
- The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima, a 55-minute documentary from 1985 about the author
- Trailer
