• Director(s)

    Paul Schrader

  • Production Year

    1985

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    121m

  • Cast

    Ken Ogata, Masayuki Shionoya, Hiroshi Mikami, Junya Fukuda, Shigeto Tachihara, Junkichi Orimoto, Naoko Otami, Go Riju, Masato Aizawa, Yuki Nagahara, Kyuzo Kobayashi, Yuki Kitazume

Film

Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters

suicide theme, strong bloody images, sex references, nudity

MISHIMA: A LIFE IN FOUR CHAPTERS is a US biographical drama about the life and work of celebrated Japanese author Yukio Mishima.…

MISHIMA: A LIFE IN FOUR CHAPTERS is a US biographical drama about the life and work of celebrated Japanese author Yukio Mishima.

sex
A man enters into a sexual relationship with an older woman, with some scenes suggesting a sadomasochistic dimension to their relationship. There are additional references to prostitution and to masturbation.
suicide and self-harm
There are visual and verbal references to suicide throughout, most notably to the Japanese 'seppuku' tradition.
injury detail
A man cuts his stomach open with a sword, resulting in some bloody detail. Another character is seen with various cuts and abrasions on his body.
nudity
There is full frontal female nudity in a sexual context.
additional issues
Bad language includes uses of 'whore', 'ass', 'damn' and 'screw'. There is also a self-referential use of the discriminatory term 'cripple'.

  • Director(s)

    Paul Schrader

  • Production Year

    1985

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    121m

  • Cast

    Ken Ogata, Masayuki Shionoya, Hiroshi Mikami, Junya Fukuda, Shigeto Tachihara, Junkichi Orimoto, Naoko Otami, Go Riju, Masato Aizawa, Yuki Nagahara, Kyuzo Kobayashi, Yuki Kitazume

Classified Date:
05/09/1985
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Columbia-Emi-Warner Dists Ltd
suicide theme, strong bloody images, sex references, nudity
Classified Date:
06/06/2018
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Sony DADC Europe Ltd
sex
A man enters into a sexual relationship with an older woman, with some scenes suggesting a sadomasochistic dimension to their relationship. There are additional references to prostitution and to masturbation.
suicide and self-harm
There are visual and verbal references to suicide throughout, most notably to the Japanese 'seppuku' tradition.
injury detail
A man cuts his stomach open with a sword, resulting in some bloody detail. Another character is seen with various cuts and abrasions on his body.
nudity
There is full frontal female nudity in a sexual context.
additional issues
Bad language includes uses of 'whore', 'ass', 'damn' and 'screw'. There is also a self-referential use of the discriminatory term 'cripple'.

  • Classified date

    06/06/2018

  • BBFC reference

    BVF044673

  • Language

    Japanese