Mishima [videorecording] : a life in four chapters / a Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas present ; a Zoetrope Studios-Filmlink International-Lucasfilm Ltd. production ; written by Paul Schrader & Leonard Schrader ; produced by Mata Yamamoto and Tom Luddy ; directed by Paul Schrader.
Format:
[videorecording] :
Publisher:
Warner Home Video,
Copyright Date:
c2001
Description:
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1985. Widescreen, Dolby digital surround stereo. Rated R. Special features: behind-the-scenes documentary; feature length audio commentary; deleted scene; interactive menus; production notes; theatrical trailer; scene access. For specific features see interactive menu. Ken Ogata, Kenji Sawada, Yasosuke Bando, Toshiyuki Nagashima. English narration, Roy Scheider.
Contents:
1. Beauty -- 2. Art -- 3. Action -- 4. Harmony of pen and sword.
Summary:
A view of the life of Japan's famous postwar writer, Yukio Mishima, as a tortured modern man struggling to find his future in Japan's imperial past and who commits suicide after a doomed attempt to reverse the Westernization of Japan.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.