Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters | Tribute to Philip Glass
Japan/USA / 1985 / Length: 120
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Director: Paul Schrader
With: Ken Ogata, Masayuki Shionoya, Junkichi Orimoto
Language: Japanese, English, Hebrew subtitles
Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Paul Schrader’s Classic Film, “Mishima”
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (USA/Japan 1985)
Music: Philip Glass
A biographical drama exploring the life and death of the most important and controversial writer in postwar Japan, Yukio Mishima. The film focuses on the last day of his life and is interwoven with flashbacks to his past and dramatizations of his novels. The film examines Mishima's internal conflicts and his quest to reconcile his art, self, and society, culminating in his ritualistic suicide. The Critically acclaimed film, which Schrader considers his best, is accompanied by Philip Glass’ thunderous score.
“Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters”’ will be screened in Japan at this year’s Tokyo Film Festival. This will mark it’s Japanese premiere after a 40-year ban
A new restoration copy
Before the screening, we will host a short talk by Alon Shmuel on Philip Glass's contribution to cinema and the music Glass composed for “Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters”, which was performed by the Kronos Quartet, among others.
Total duration approx. 135 minutes