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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Yukio Mishima (life story and his novel)
Chieko Schrader (Japanese script)
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Release Date:
20 September 1985 (USA) more
Tagline:
On November 25, 1970, Japan's greatest author Yukio Mishima commited an act that shocked the literary world...
Plot:
A fictionalized account in four segments of the life of Japan's celebrated twentieth-century author Yukio Mishima... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(6 articles)
Anubhav Sinha to produce Paul Schrader's Extreme City
(From BollywoodHungama. 13 July 2009, 5:43 AM, PDT)
Anubhav Sinha to produce Paul Schrader's Extreme City
(From BollywoodHungama. 13 July 2009, 5:43 AM, PDT)
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Amazing more (23 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Ken Ogata | ... | Yukio Mishima (segment "November 25, 1970") | |
| Masayuki Shionoya | ... | Morita (segment "November 25, 1970") | |
| Hiroshi Mikami | ... | Cadet #1 (segment "November 25, 1970") | |
| Junya Fukuda | ... | Cadet #2 (segment "November 25, 1970") | |
| Shigeto Tachihara | ... | Cadet #3 (segment "November 25, 1970") | |
| Junkichi Orimoto | ... | General Mashita (segment "November 25, 1970") | |
| Naoko Otani | ... | Mother (segment "Flashbacks") | |
| Gô Rijû | ... | Mishima, age 18-19 (segment "Flashbacks") | |
| Masato Aizawa | ... | Mishima - age 9-14 (segment "Flashbacks") | |
| Yuki Nagahara | ... | Mishima, age 5 (segment "Flashbacks") | |
| Kyuzo Kobayashi | ... | Literary Friend (segment "Flashbacks") | |
| Yuki Kitazume | ... | Dancing Friend (segment "Flashbacks") | |
| Haruko Kato | ... | Grandmother (segment "Flashbacks") | |
| Yasosuke Bando | ... | Mizoguchi (segment "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion") | |
| Hisako Manda | ... | Mariko (segment "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion") |
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Mishima (USA) (short title)
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Runtime:
121 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:16 | Mexico:B15 (2009) | Argentina:18 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:R | West Germany:16 | UK:15 | Japan:(Banned) | Germany:16 | Canada:18A | Australia:M
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Has never been officially released in Japan even to this day (2005) theatrically or on video because of the controversy over both Yukio Mishima's politics and the film itself. However, it has been shown on television (albiet with the gay bar scene removed) and the U.S. DVD can legally be imported there. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: Chiba Koga did not try to strangle Mashita with the polishing cloth. He had given the polishing cloth to Mishima to wipe the sword and used his hands to throttle the General from behind. more
Quotes:
[Kiyomi cuts Osamu's bare chest. Osamu looks up, surprised]
Kiyomi:
It's just a little cut.
Osamu:
Why?
Kiyomi:
Your skin is so beautiful, I just had to cut it.
Osamu:
[smiles] It felt pleasant.
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Movie Connections:
References Il conformista (1970) more
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Mishima is one of the greatest films ever made. Now I think Paul Schrader is the greatest screenwriter of all time, but I don't really like the films he's directed of what I've seen (with the exception of this and Affliction), but this is an amazing, disturbing, and highly 3-dimensional character study. It follows the life of Yukio Mishima, Japan's most celebrated writer, combining the last day of his life with flashbacks and his stories. I don't know how, but Paul Schrader manages to combine all of those in a very artistic way. The acting is great, so is the photography, and a perfect score by Philip Glass. Although confusing the first viewing, this is one of the few films that becomes richer with each viewing. Truly an underrated gem of a film.