Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan, United States
Why tonight?
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
- In Japanese — subtitles on.
The story
A fictional account of the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima, combining dramatizations of three of his novels and a depiction of the events of November 25th, 1970.
- suicide
- identity
- patriotism
- nationalism
- coup d'etat
- author
- art
- lgbt
- gay theme
- four chapters
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Masayuki Shionoya — Morita
- Hiroshi Mikami — Cadet #1
- Junya Fukuda — Cadet #2
- Yuu Tokui — Cadet #3
- Junkichi Orimoto — General Mashita
- Naoko Ohtani — Mother
- Go Riju — Mishima, age 18-19
- Masato Aizawa — Mishima, age 9-14
- Yuki Nagahara — Mishima, age 5
- Kyuzo Kobayashi — Literary Friend
- Yuki Kitazume — Dancing Friend
- Directed
- Paul Schrader
Production
- Rating
- 7.8 / 10 · 353 ratings
- Studio
- Lucasfilm Ltd., American Zoetrope, Filmlink International
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
