4K UHD + Blu-Ray

Mishima a Life In Four Chapters (4K-UHD)

Criterion

$64.99

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Paul Schrader’s visually stunning, collagelike portrait of the acclaimed Japanese author and playwright Yukio Mishima (played by Ken Ogata) investigates the inner turmoil and contradictions...
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I wanted to explode, light the sky for an instant and disappear.

- Yukio Mishima (Narrator)

Release Specs

Format
4K UHD + Blu-Ray
Genre
Biography, Drama
No. of Discs
2
Region
Region Free 4k | Region A Blu-Ray
Special Features
  • 4K digital restoration of the director’s cut, supervised and approved by director Paul Schrader and cinematographer John Bailey, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
  • One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
  • Two alternate English narrations, including one by actor Roy Scheider
  • Audio commentary featuring Schrader and producer Alan Poul
  • Program on the making of the film featuring Bailey, producers Tom Luddy and Mata Yamamoto, composer Philip Glass, and production designer Eiko Ishioka
  • Program on Yukio Mishima featuring his biographer John Nathan and friend Donald Richie
  • Audio interview with coscreenwriter Chieko Schrader
  • Interview excerpt from 1966 featuring Mishima talking about writing
  • The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima, a 1985 documentary about the author
  • Trailer
  • PLUS: An essay by critic Kevin Jackson, a piece on the film’s censorship in Japan, and photographs of Ishioka’s sets
  • Cover by Neil Kellerhouse