If all goes according to plan, a most curious lacuna of Japanese cinema history could soon come to a close. The upcoming 38th edition of the Tokyo International Film Festival revealed Wednesday that ...

Update October 1, 2025: A year after Schrader thought that “Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters” would screen at the 2024 Tokyo International Film Festival, the director is finally getting his wish. The ...

If you’re a cinephile, chances are you’ve been subjected to a seemingly endless barrage of biopics, a genre so routine and “Oscar bait”-y that the majority of its films almost feel indistinguishable.

In Tokyo for the screening of his 1985 biopic “Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters” at the 38 th Tokyo International Film Festival, Paul Schrader was an upbeat mood when he walked the opening night red ...