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Mishima Film Returns to Japan for 100th Anniversary

10/2/2025

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Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters will screen in Japan on October 30, 2025, at the Tokyo International Film Festival.
The 1985 film was banned in Japan over its subject, Yukio Mishima.
The film earned Cannes acclaim and, despite decades of limited release in Japan, will screen to mark the 100th anniversary of Yukio Mishima's birth.

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Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters will screen in Japan on October 30, 2025, at the Tokyo International Film Festival.
The 1985 film was banned in Japan over its subject, Yukio Mishima.
The film earned Cannes acclaim and, despite decades of limited release in Japan, will screen to mark the 100th anniversary of Yukio Mishima's birth.