Life and death of Japanese artist
“Mishima,” which will start at the Academy tomorrow, is based on the erratic life of Japan’s finest post-World War II novelist, who was certainly the country’s bestknown literary figure. At the age of 45, while still at the height of his famdt, Mishima committed ritual suicide at military headquarters in Tokyo on
November 25, 1970. “Mishima,” which is subtitled “A Life in Four Chapters,” attempts to bring us closer to this enigmatic artist through dramatic excerpts from his novels and scenes from his early life, which are intercut as flashbacks during the event* 1 of the last day of his life.
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