This vintage program combines extensive archival footage of Yukio Mishima, interviews with colleagues, and readings by actor John Hurt to portray Japan's immensely popular novelist, playwright, actor, and patriot of the extreme right.

Ridiculed by some, admired by others, and ignored by no one, Yukio Mishima has remained a paradox in both life and death. This vintage program combines extensive archival footage of Mishima; interviews with colleagues, including his biographer, Henry Scott Stokes, and two of his translators; and readings by actor John Hurt to portray Japan's immensely popular novelist, playwright, actor, and patriot of the extreme right. Obsessed with the act of hara-kiri and torn between Japanese tradition and the Westernization of his culture, Mishima's final statement, made in the prime of his life, is a subject of ongoing debate. (55 minutes, color)

Item#: 10056 Format: DVD Price: $165 Prices include public performance rights Copyright date: 1985