Mishima [dvd videorecording] : a life in four chapters

Title:

Author:

Schrader, Paul, 1946-

ISBN:

9781604650402

Edition:

Special ed.; Widescreen ed.

Publication Information:

[Irvington, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, 2008.

Physical Description:

2 videodiscs (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Series:

Criterion collection ; 432

Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 432.

General Note:

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.

DVD videorecording.

Abstract:

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.

Reading Level:

Rating: R.

Personal Subject:

Mishima, Yukio, 1925-1970-Drama- DVDs.

Subject Term:

Authors, Japanese -- 20th century -- Drama -- DVDs.

Seppuku -- Drama -- DVDs.

Added Author:

Schrader, Paul, 1946-

Coppola, Francis Ford, 1939-

Lucas, George, 1944-

Luddy, Tom.