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By Irvin C (321) on 24 Jan 2010

A highly stylized and unusual biopic on controversial Japanese author-poet-actor-artist Yukio Mishima that sort of blends his written work,…

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By Brian R (1,372) on 09 Jan 2010

Paul Schrader's best film. Mishima is well directed, written, crafted, and edited. my favourite chapter in the film is chapter 2 Art…

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By Jack B (950) on 05 Jan 2010

I've always said that bio-pics are lame and I will continue to say that with confidence. This film is the biggest fucking exception…

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By Shivam D (23) on 20 Dec 2009

If someone asks me of one hit wonder then after bryan singer I will tell the name of Paul Schrader…

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By Michael R (2,154) on 22 Nov 2009

A narcissist radical writer rails against western powers money influence in JP, wants everyone to join with him, but they don't want to, so…

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By Brian E (261) on 01 Nov 2009

Probably the oddest movie to come out of Hollywood and Coppola/Lucas, this is the biopic of estranged and brilliant writer Yukio Mishima…

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By James C (2,975) on 03 Oct 2009

Not the most elegant production - at times the Glass score becomes invasive and distracting…

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Review of Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)

By Paul S (1,717) on 15 Aug 2009

One of the most underrated movies of all time…

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Review of Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)

By Mjs M (208) on 14 Aug 2009

Here…

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Review of Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)

By Stella D (433) on 09 Aug 2009

A very ambitious biopic on the life of celebrated writer yukio mishima…

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Review of Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)

By Tony L (800) on 07 Aug 2009

Simply beautiful, nothing more need be said…

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By Seth N (10) on 31 Jul 2009

One of the best biopics i've seen and easily the most unconventional. This movie is so unbelievably fascinating…

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By Derek Malcolm (772) for London Evening Standard (2,015) on 09 Jul 2009

Paul Schrader's 1985 biopic necessarily guts his controversial life - but the visual style is superb…

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By Richard Luck (100) for Film4 (1,522) on 09 Jul 2009

From Philip Glass's glorious score to John Bailey's rich cinematography, Schrader's movie is never less than ravishing…

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By Kevin Maher (647) for Times (UK) (2,458) on 09 Jul 2009

The gorgeous, artsy 1985 biopic Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters is the best movie that Paul Schrader has yet directed…

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By David Gritten (155) for Daily Telegraph (UK) (2,495) on 09 Jul 2009

There’s a coldness in Schrader’s calculations, and disturbingly he seems to swallow the entire myth of Mishima, an extreme right-wing nutjob…

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By Rob Daniel (202) for Sky Cinema (1,726) on 09 Jul 2009

Those unfamiliar with Mishima's work may find the expressionistic novel sequences overly rich, but Schrader's film is a visually arresting,…

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By Anthony Quinn (478) for Independent (UK) (2,026) on 09 Jul 2009

The cerebral cool of Schrader's perspective sacrifices emotional connection to its subject…

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Review of Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)

By Tom Huddlestone (75) for Time Out (7,510) on 09 Jul 2009

Graced with a throbbing orchestral score from Philip Glass and John Bailey's luminous photography, this is appropriately monumental filmmaking…

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Review of Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)

By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for Guardian (4,584) on 09 Jul 2009

An ambitious, respectful account of the life and work of Yukio Mishima, the prolific Japanese author who made a romantic cult of Japan's lost…

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