Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters (1985)

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Synopsis

Dir: Paul Schrader. Japanese-language Biography. The life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima (Ken Ogata) is told through flashbacks from the day of his death, and through scenes taken from his novels.

Content elements

• Infrequent use of cursing and sexual slurs
• Infrequent portrayals of weapons and hand-to-hand violence, some in the context of self-harm and suicide - some blood and detail
• Infrequent portrayals of sexually suggestive scenes and sexual activity - some breast nudity
• Infrequent breast, buttock, and female frontal nudity in a non-sexual context
• Infrequent portrayals of smoking and alcohol use in a recreational context - little detail

Thematic elements

• The lives of artists
• Life imitating art
• Perspectives on masculinity and nationalism

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for nudity and mature subject matter

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