Mishima

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Jens B Honor, masculinity, love, desire, pain, loneliness, beauty, longing, tradition, submission, dominance, poetry, sexuality – and again and again, the yearning for death. Few authors are as polarizing as Mishima. And few films have ever so brilliantly penetrated both the life AND the work of an artist as this one. Pen and sword become one. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/20/24 Full Review Cam H Incredible ! This movie blew me away. The shots are out of this world. You should respect films like this Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/31/24 Full Review Alec B It's a triumph for Schrader, using a unconventional narrative for exploring the life and work of such an unconventional man works wonderfully. The highly stylized retelling of Mishima's novels are a kind of avant-garde theatre and this is perfect use of a Philip Glass score. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/13/23 Full Review Rebekah P Yes, his politics were crap, but the man could write. My first book by Mishima was Forbidden Colors, which I loved. He's one of my favorite problematic dead writer guys. And this movie was STUN. NING. Gorgeous, well-acted, well-directed, with just gorgeous music. My wife and I left our little indie nerd theater practically swooning over this movie. We both hate biopics. But this one. Good gods. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/22/23 Full Review dave s While it's not essential to do some pre-reading about the life of Japanese author/playwright Yukio Mishima (Ken Ogata) before watching Paul Schrader's Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, it would probably help in fully understanding the mindset of the iconic and revered figure. Schrader's complex biopic covers Mishima's life from the time of his early youth until his dramatic death some forty years later at a Tokyo military base, mixing fact with the author's fiction and continually jumping back in forth in time. It's a challenging and rewarding film filled with beautiful sets, insightful dialogue, a strong performance from Ogata, and a unique structure. It is a borderline avant-garde film that somehow never manages to let its technique distract from its message and remains a memorable viewing experience almost forty years after its release. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review william d Stylish and well acted, it's worth a watch. However, I think a straight up biopic would have been better than using his stories as allegories for his life. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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