Mishima - Ein Leben in vier Kapiteln

Originaltitel: Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

1985
16
2 Std.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,9/10

14.605

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Mishima - Ein Leben in vier Kapiteln (1985)

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Biography Drama

Ein fiktionaler Bericht in vier Kapiteln über das Leben des berühmten japanischen Schriftstellers Yukio Mishima.Ein fiktionaler Bericht in vier Kapiteln über das Leben des berühmten japanischen Schriftstellers Yukio Mishima.Ein fiktionaler Bericht in vier Kapiteln über das Leben des berühmten japanischen Schriftstellers Yukio Mishima.

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,9/10

14.605

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Auszeichnungen
- 1 Gewinn & 1 Nominierung insgesamt

Wissenswertes
Yukio Mishima's family originally cooperated with the making of this film but when their request that the gay bar scene be removed was denied, they withdrew their help.

Patzer
Mishima didn't exaggerate his illness. He was declared unfit for military service because of an inexperienced Army physician's misdiagnosis.

Zitate
Yukio Mishima (Narrator): The average age for a man in the Bronze Age was eighteen, in the Roman era, twenty-two. Heaven must have been beautiful then. Today it must look dreadful. When a man reaches forty, he has no chance to die beautifully. No matter how he tries, he will die of decay. He must compel himself to live.

Crazy Credits
Yukio Mishima is acknowledged to have been a real person, but his acts have been fictionalized by writers. Other persons and events in this film are fictitious. Any similarity to actual persons and events is unintentional.

Alternative Versionen
On Japanese television, the gay bar scene is cut out.

Verbindungen
Featured in Mardi cinéma: Folge vom 14. Mai 1985 (1985)

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Rezension

Ausgewählte Rezension

10/10

MISHIMA: A Troubled Life in Four Chapters

One would think that a film based on the life of the Japanese author Yukio Mishima would be a daunting if not impossible task. However Paul Schrader has indeed made a film "about" Mishima that is both superb & complex. While it is not a literal biography, Schrader & his co-screenwriter Leonard Scharder (his brother) have taken several incidents from his life, including his sucide and crafted what can best be described as incidental tableaus that are visually sparse and stunning. Mishima's homosexuality is almost not there, due to legal threats from his widow, but in spite of this, the film is still terrific, and one of the best films I saw in 1985. I should also mention the important contribution of Philip Glass who did the score, which adds an additional texture to the film, and is superior to the one he did for Scorsese's Kundun. Also notable is John Bailey's fine crisp beautifully colored cinematography and the great production design & costumes by Eiko Ishioka who went on to do the memorable costumes for Coppola's Dracula for which she received a well deserved Oscar. Hopefully this film will soon be available on DVD.