<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><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<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><div><br></div>
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