Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters – Paul Schrader (1985)

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Presented at the Cinema Ritrovato 2018, Mishima – A Life in Four Chapters, Paul Schrader's biopic on Japanese writer Yukio Mishima, who ended his own life by suicide after storming a military base where his obsession met. The film begins with Mishima’s last day of life on November 25, 1970, when, along with four members of his paramilitary group Tate no Kai, he occupies a Japanese Self-Defense Force barracks, addresses the soldiers before committing seppuku by suicide. This episode represents a vision of emptiness.