Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters [2 Discs] [Criterion Collection]
Features:
- Disc 1 - New, restored high-definition digital transfer of the director's cut, supervised and approved by director Paul Schrader and cinematographer John Bailey
- Optional English and Japanese voice-over narrations, the former by Roy Scheider, the latter by Ken Ogata
- New audio commentary featuring Schrader and Producer Alan Poul
- Theatrical trailer
- Disc 2 - New video interviews with Bailey, Producers Tom Luddy and Mataichiro Yamamoto, Composer Philip Glass, and Production Designer Eiko Ishioka
- New Video interviews with Mishima biographer John Nathan and friend Donald Richie
- New audio interview with coscreenwriter Chieko Schrader
- Video interview excerpt featuring Mishima talking about writing
- The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima, a 55-minute BBC documentary
- Plus: A booklet featuring a new essay by critic Kevin Jackson, a piece on the film's censorship in Japan, and photograhs of Ishioka's sets
View menus
- Disc #1 -- Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
- Play the Movie
- Chapters
- Commentary
- This Commentary Features Director Paul Schrader and Producer Alan Poul. It was Recorded in 2006: On/Off
- Trailer
- Soundtracks and Subtitles
- Subtitles
- Japanese Voice-Over
- English Voice-Over
- Subtitles: Off
- Soundtracks
- Japanese Narration
- Roy Scheider Narration
- Alternate English Narration
- Commentary
- Disc #2 -- Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
- Making Mishima
- Play
- Producing Mishima
- Play
- Chieko Schrader
- Play
- Understanding Mishima
- Working with Leonard
- Getting Involved With Mishima
- Script Ending
- Communication On the Sets
- Role
- Crreative Rage
- Final Thoughts
- John Nathan and Donald Richie
- Play
- Mishima On Mishima
- Play
- The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
- Play
- Subtitles
- Subtitles: On
- Subtitles: Off
View chapters
- Disc #1 -- Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
- 1. Morning, November 25, 1970 [8:38]
- 2. Childhood [5:14]
- 3. The Temple of the Golden Pavilion: Beauty [4:37]
- 4. The Temple of the Golden Pavilion: Power [5:42]
- 5. The Temple of the Golden Pavilion: Destruction [2:31]
- 6. Aspirations [3:58]
- 7. The Temple of the Golden Pavilion: Fame [3:43]
- 8. "Our Day" [3:05]
- 9. Writing [2:13]
- 10. Kyoko's House: Osamu [5:23]
- 11. Masks [4:08]
- 12. Kyoko's House: The Decaying Body [3:37]
- 13. Kyoko's House: "I Exist" [6:21]
- 14. Photo Shoot [1:23]
- 15. Kyoko's House: Shadows [1:55]
- 16. Arrival [2:39]
- 17. Runaway Horses: Plan [1:56]
- 18. Kendo [4:46]
- 19. Runaway Horses: Final Command [1:21]
- 20. Bound by Blood [3:19]
- 21. Runaway Horses: Action [7:49]
- 22. Patriotism [5:50]
- 23. Shield Society [2:33]
- 24. Hostage [4:35]
- 25. The Moment [8:19]
- 26. Final Act [7:07]
- 27. Harmony [3:09]
- 1. Color Bars [5:14]
Year released: 1985
MPAA Rating: [ R ]
Format: Black & White/Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
Length: 120
Sound: DD2
Subtitles: Eng
Studio: Criterion