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The Resource Mishima. : a life in four chapters, Janus Films from American Zoetrope ; a film by Paul Schrader

Mishima. : a life in four chapters, Janus Films from American Zoetrope ; a film by Paul Schrader

Label
Mishima. : a life in four chapters
Title
Mishima.
Title remainder
a life in four chapters
Statement of responsibility
Janus Films from American Zoetrope ; a film by Paul Schrader
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • jpn
  • eng
  • eng
  • jpn
Summary
A look at acclaimed Japanese author and playwright Yukio Mishima, the impossible harmony he created between self, art, and society, and his famously committed public seppuku (ritual suicide). Includes interviews, commentary, documentary, and more
Related
Member of
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Credit: Executive producers, Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas ; producer, Tom Luddy, Mataichiro Yamamoto ; director, Paul Schrader ; writers, Paul Schrader and Leonard Schrader ; music, Philip Glass.
Dewey number
791.43/72
Language note
Japanese dialogue; Japanese or English narration; English subtitles
LC call number
  • PN1997
  • PL833.I7
LC item number
  • .M5745 2008
  • Z6692 2008
PerformerNote
Ogata Ken (Mishima Yukio), Sawada Kenji (Osamu), Bandō Yasosuke (Mizoguchi), Nagashima Toshiyuki (Isao)
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1946-
  • 1939-
  • 1944-
  • 1947-
  • 1937-2008
  • 1948-
  • 1956-2015
  • 1956-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Schrader, Paul
  • Coppola, Francis Ford
  • Lucas, George
  • Luddy, Tom
  • Yamamoto, Mataichirō
  • Schrader, Leonard
  • Glass, Philip
  • Ogata, Ken
  • Sawada, Kenji
  • Bandō, Mitsugorō
  • Nagashima, Toshiyuki
  • Janus Films
  • American Zoetrope (Firm)
  • Criterion Collection (Firm)
Runtime
120
Series statement
Criterion collection
Series volume
432
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Mishima, Yukio
  • Authors, Japanese
  • Suicide
Technique
live action
Label
Mishima. : a life in four chapters, Janus Films from American Zoetrope ; a film by Paul Schrader
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Originally released as motion picture in 1985
  • Accompanied by a booklet featuring a new essay by critic Kevin Jackson and a piece on the film's censorship in Japan
  • Special features: Commentary by the director and producer; The strange case of Yukio Mishima, a 55-minute BBC documentary; interviews with Donald Richie and John Nathan and film crew; video interview excerpt featuring Mishima; theatrical trailer
Accompanying material
1 booklet (56 p. : ill.)
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
mixed
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
1178452
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
other
Edition
Special ed.; Widescreen.
Extent
2 videodiscs (120 min.)
Isbn
9781604650402
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515029728
Other physical details
sd., col. with b&w sequences
Publisher number
CC1752D
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (Sirsi) 1178452
  • (OCoLC)216934172
System details
DVD, anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation, Dolby Digital Stereo
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Mishima. : a life in four chapters, Janus Films from American Zoetrope ; a film by Paul Schrader
Publication
Note
  • Originally released as motion picture in 1985
  • Accompanied by a booklet featuring a new essay by critic Kevin Jackson and a piece on the film's censorship in Japan
  • Special features: Commentary by the director and producer; The strange case of Yukio Mishima, a 55-minute BBC documentary; interviews with Donald Richie and John Nathan and film crew; video interview excerpt featuring Mishima; theatrical trailer
Accompanying material
1 booklet (56 p. : ill.)
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
mixed
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
1178452
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
other
Edition
Special ed.; Widescreen.
Extent
2 videodiscs (120 min.)
Isbn
9781604650402
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515029728
Other physical details
sd., col. with b&w sequences
Publisher number
CC1752D
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (Sirsi) 1178452
  • (OCoLC)216934172
System details
DVD, anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation, Dolby Digital Stereo
Video recording format
DVD

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