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.
Cinematography
Eiko Ishioka's production design — three color-coded realities that slap
Score
Philip Glass at his most hypnotic and unrelenting
Direction
Schrader's structure: biography as fever dream, not Wikipedia entry
Director
Paul Schrader
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mishima's widow sued to block the film in Japan; it didn't officially screen there until 2018.
The four chapters mirror Mishima's own tetralogy 'The Sea of Fertility' — Schrader structured his film like Mishima structured his life: as a novel.
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