Forty years ago, however, the organizers of the first TIFF declined to include the film in its program, with objections from Mishima’s widow to its depictions of the famed right-leaning writer’s homosexuality a major factor. But talking with Schrader at a coffee shop in the Ana InterContinental Hotel, the long-ago controversy, which kept the film from being released in Japan for four decades, seemed if not forgotten, forgiven. Also, he had much else on his mind, from the coming AI revolution to his latest projects.
At age 79, the veteran director, who first came to international attention as the scriptwriter on Martin Scorsese…
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