Mishima: a Life in Four Chapters

Criterion Collection just released Paul Schrader's Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters.. the old dvd version has been out of print for a while, so its really great to see it getting a re-release... and my copy just arrived a few days ago..

the new cc version contains 2 discs, the first disc features the film and the second comes with quite some features, including a documentary on this controversial man...

the film, banned in japan, is a piece of art, and you know you won't go wrong with actors like ken ogata and kenji sawada in a film (although the man himself was actually a even more charismatic person than the actors portraying him)...

Yukio Mishima, the man himself, was also a man of art. Not only was he a successful writer who accomplished works like the forbidden colors (inspired tat ming to wrote a song with the same title 禁色 in chinese), he was also a play writer, film actor, bodybuilding model, political activist (who actually formed his own army), and also one of the last Japanese who openly committed the traditional japanese ritual of suicide seppuku...

this man's life was intriguing and thats no wonder why it has become the subject of a film.. listen to what he said, no matter you agree with his thoughts or not, you have to admit that he was a very strong minded person...

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPAZQ6mhRcU&feature=related