Fresh
Graced with a throbbing orchestral score from Philip Glass and John Bailey's luminous photography, this is appropriately monumental filmmaking.
Tom Huddlestone, Time Out
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
On November 25, 1970, Japan's most celebrated writer, Yukio Mishima, shocked the world.
1985 · 2h 1m · R
Drama
Directed by
Paul Schrader
Overview
A fictional account of the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima, combining dramatizations of three of his novels and a depiction of the events of November 25th, 1970.
Director and cast
- Paul Schrader Director
- Ken Ogata as Yukio Mishima (segment "November 25, 1970")
- Go Riju as Mishima, age 18-19 (segment "Flashbacks")
- Kenji Sawada as Osamu
- Masato Aizawa as Mishima - age 9-14 (segment "Flashbacks")
- Bandō Mitsugorō X as Mizoguchi
- Masayuki Shionoya as Morita (segment "November 25, 1970")
- Toshiyuki Nagashima as Isao
- Hiroshi Mikami as Cadet #1 (segment "November 25, 1970")
- Junya Fukuda Cast
- Shigeto Tachihara Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
79%
Tomatometer
Fresh
It's Mishima's diagrammatic structure that most perfectly suits its subject, defined by his will to harmony.
Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice
Fresh
It's fetishistic, lyrical, narcissistic and, at key moments, borderline berserk. In other words, the movie captures its subject to a tee.
David Fear, Time Out New York
Fresh
The most unconventional biopic I've ever seen, and one of the best.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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