Mishima - A Life in Four Chapters (DVD) (Criterion Collection) (US Version) DVD Region 1
Ogata Ken (Actor)
| Paul Schrader (Director)
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| Product Title: | Mishima - A Life in Four Chapters (DVD) (Criterion Collection) (US Version) Mishima - A Life in Four Chapters (DVD) (Criterion Collection) (美國版) Mishima - A Life in Four Chapters (DVD) (Criterion Collection) (美国版) Mishima - A Life in Four Chapters (DVD) (Criterion Collection) (US Version) Mishima - A Life in Four Chapters (DVD) (Criterion Collection) (US Version) |
| Artist Name(s): | Ogata Ken (Actor) 緒形拳 (Actor) 绪形拳 (Actor) 緒形拳 (Actor) Ogata Ken (Actor) |
| Director: | Paul Schrader Paul Schrader Paul Schrader Ｐａｕｌ Ｓｃｈｒａｄｅｒ Paul Schrader |
| Release Date: | 2008-07-01 |
| UPC Code: | 715515029728 |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Subtitles: | English |
| Country of Origin: | United States, Japan |
| Picture Format: | NTSC What is it? |
| Aspect Ratio: | 1.85 : 1 |
| Color Information: | Color |
| Sound Information: | Hi-Fi Stereo |
| Disc Format(s): | DVD |
| Region Code: | 1 - USA, Canada, U.S. Territories What is it? |
| Rating: | R (MPAA) |
| Duration: | 120 (mins) |
| Publisher: | Criterion Collection |
| Package Weight: | 344 (g) |
| Shipment Unit: | 2 What is it? |
| YesAsia Catalog No.: | 1023423574 |
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* Features:
Disc One:
- 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 Two:
- 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 photographs of Ishioka's sets
Director: Paul Schrader
Paul Schrader's visually stunning, structurally audacious collage-like portrait of acclaimed Japanese author and playwright Yuko Mishima (played by Ken Ogata) investigates the inner turmoil and contradictions of a man who attempted an impossible harmony between self, art, and society. Taking place on Mishima's last day, when he famously committed public seppuku (ritual suicide), the film is punctuated by extended flashbacks to the writer's life as well as gloriously stylized evocations of his fictional works. With its rich cinematography by John Bailey, exquisite sets and costumes by Eiko Ishioka, and unforgettable, highly influential score by Philip Glass, Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters is a sincere tribute to its subject and a bold, investigative work of art in its own right.
Disc One:
- 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 Two:
- 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 photographs of Ishioka's sets
Director: Paul Schrader
Paul Schrader's visually stunning, structurally audacious collage-like portrait of acclaimed Japanese author and playwright Yuko Mishima (played by Ken Ogata) investigates the inner turmoil and contradictions of a man who attempted an impossible harmony between self, art, and society. Taking place on Mishima's last day, when he famously committed public seppuku (ritual suicide), the film is punctuated by extended flashbacks to the writer's life as well as gloriously stylized evocations of his fictional works. With its rich cinematography by John Bailey, exquisite sets and costumes by Eiko Ishioka, and unforgettable, highly influential score by Philip Glass, Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters is a sincere tribute to its subject and a bold, investigative work of art in its own right.
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