For Those We Love/Yamato

[Edan Corkill]

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.
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.

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.

Mark Schilling reviews of the other two films you mentioned are here:
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ff20070525a3.html
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ff20051223a3.html

Edan Corkill
The Japan Times


2009/7/16 Edel Quinn <delquinn at gmail.com>

> Hi all,
> Does anybody know of any good English articles on Shinjo's *For Those We
> Love* (Ore wa, kimi no tame ni koso shini ni iku, 2007 )  and/or Sato's *
> Yamato* (Otoko-tachi no Yamato, 2005 ).
>
> Also does anyone know anything about the Japanese reception of Paul
> Scrader's *Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters*, 1985?
>
> Many thanks , Edel Quinn
>
>
>
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