Mishima
Subtitle: a life in four chapters
By: producers, Tom Luddy, Mata Yamamoto ; written by Paul Schrader, Leonard Schrader ; directed by Paul Schrader
Contributors: Ogata, Ken, 1937-2008, actor; Shionoya, Masayuki, actor; Mikami, Hiroshi, 1962- actor
Edition: Blu-ray special edition.
Series: The Criterion collection -- 432; Criterion collection -- 432.
Published: 2018
Language: jpn
Format: [videorecording] :
Number of pages: 120
Subjects: Drama; Biography; Authors
Other titles: Life in four chapters; Mishima (Motion picture)
Description: The life of Japanese author and playwright Yukio Mishima is portrayed in four chapters.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 1985.

DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 surround, wide screen 1.85:1.

Booklet featuring an essay by critic Kevin Jackson, a piece on the film's censorship in Japan, and photographs of Ishioka's sets in container.

Features: 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; documentary "The strange case of Yukio Mishima" (1985, 55 min.) about the author; trailer.

Ken Ogata, Masayuki Shionoya, Hiroshi Mikami, Junya Fukuda, Shigeto Tachihara, Junkichi Orimoto.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

This is a Blu-ray disc made for Blu-ray disc players and will not play in standard DVD players.

For private home use only.

In Japanese or English with optional English subtitles.