MISHIMA: A LIFE IN FOUR CHAPTERS at Japan Society on Friday, January 11th, 2019

Japan Society NY

Presents

© American Zoetrope

  Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

Directed by Paul Schrader
With With Ken Ogata, Kenji Sawada, Yoshiyuki Nagashima, and Yasosuke Bando
Japan, 1985, 121 minutes, DCP, color and b&w
In Japanese with English subtitles.

When: Friday, January 11, 2019 at 7:00 PM

Where: Japan Society NY

333 East 47th Street, NYC

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Tickets - $14/$11 seniors & students / $10 members

This unconventional, visually stunning biopic directed by Paul Schrader (presented in a new 4K restoration) deconstructs the life and work of Japanese writer and outspoken ultranationalist Yukio Mishima—who famously killed himself in a public act of seppuku (ritual suicide) after he failed to incite a military coup—through a dazzling assemblage of biographical dramatization and extravagantly stylized interpretations of his fiction.

This screening is presented in conjunction with the current Japan Society exhibition Yasumasa Morimura: Ego Obscura, which runs through January 13. In his artistic exploration of postwar Japanese history, Morimura has repeatedly transformed himself into Mishima, including works featured in the exhibition.

AsianCineFest Rating: 4 out of 4 stars; most highly recommended, a must see.