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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I've just seen the film again tonight at the
ICA.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>There were certainly scenes of (1) Mishima dancing with a
man in a gay bar and (2) Mishima meeting this man later after midnight, in the
clear context of a lovers' tiff.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I can't see that Mishima's widow was in a position to
'forbid'. The executor of Mishima's estate is acknowledged, who was not a
Mishima. I'm pretty sure there was no mention in the credits of Mishima's
family. And the credits ended with something like 'We acknowledge
that Mishima Yukio was a real person, but all events in this film are fictional
...'.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Perhaps, though, these legal exclusions would not have
been so watertight in Japan ?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Roger</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=delquinn@gmail.com href="mailto:delquinn@gmail.com">Edel Quinn</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
href="mailto:KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu">KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, July 16, 2009 10:32
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: For Those We
Love/Yamato</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Hi Edan,
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Many thanks for all your help. Indeed Mishima's wife made things very
difficult for Schrader, amongst other stipulations, she forbade him not to
deal explicitly with his death or at all with his homosexuality. I have also
read that Mishima's family were instrumental in ensuring the film never got an
official release in Japan.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>I'd be most grateful for a scan of that interview if it's not too much
hassle. </DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Kind regards, Edel Q</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><BR>I know Schrader's film was well-known enough for
him to have been interviewed in The Japan Times in around April or May of
1984 - when he was in the middle of shooting it in Japan.<BR>He was
insistent that the film was NOT going to be the quintessential Mishima
biopic - it was just his personal reaction to the author. I think he even
said something to the effect that Mishima could have been from any country
and he would have made it - ie. Japan had little to do with the story. And,
if my memory serves me correctly, I think he also intimated that he was
disappointed in Mishima's widow for not approving of the film... I think
that was the main issue surrounding the film when it came out, too.<BR><BR>I
came across the interview in researching our "from the archive" series - it
was exactly 25yrs ago a few months back. I think I still have a copy at the
office (I ended up using a different article for our series that month) so I
could probably scan and send it if you'd like. And if you can wait till next
year then 1985 will be 25 years past and I will probably come across more
articles that came out around the film's release.<BR><BR>Mark Schilling
reviews of the other two films you mentioned are here:<BR><A
href="http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ff20070525a3.html"
target=_blank>http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ff20070525a3.html</A><BR><A
href="http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ff20051223a3.html"
target=_blank>http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ff20051223a3.html</A><BR><BR>Edan
Corkill<BR>The Japan Times<BR><BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>2009/7/16 Edel Quinn <SPAN dir=ltr><<A
href="mailto:delquinn@gmail.com"
target=_blank>delquinn@gmail.com</A>></SPAN><BR>
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<DIV>Hi all,
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Does anybody know of any good English articles on Shinjo's <I>For
Those We Love</I> (Ore wa, kimi no tame ni koso shini ni iku, 2007
) and/or Sato's <I>Yamato</I> (Otoko-tachi no Yamato, 2005
).</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Also does anyone know anything about the Japanese reception of Paul
Scrader's <I>Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters</I>, 1985?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Many thanks , Edel Quinn </DIV>
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