Paul Schrader: Mishima - Japanese via American director

Paul Schrader received the Kanbar Award at the festival there was an interview with him and the film they featured was Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters. In his 45 years, Yukio Mishima lived several lives: outcast child; World War II service evader; prolific, Nobel-Prize-nominated author of over 40 novels, 18 plays and numerous short stories and essays; bodybuilder; actor; filmmaker; and head of his very own right-wing paramilitary squad dedicated to following the way of the samurai and restoring imperial Japan. Schrader talked about the difficulties in getting financing for his film, finally getting it from Coppola and George Lucas. The movie was rejected by the widow and it's viewing banned in Japan. He told that with great sadness.