Coppola announces film on Yuko Mishima www.upi.com

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TOKYO -- American filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola and Japanese producer Mata Yamamoto announced today they will jointly produce a film on the life and work of controversial novelist and political rightist Yukio Mishima.
Mishima was an internationally acclaimed writer who attempted to live out the daring romanticism he espoused in his art.
The film will be 'an attempt to fuse the man's work with his life,' Coppola said at a news conference today unveiling the venture.
The film will be produced jointly by Coppola's Zoetrope Studios and Yamamoto's Filmlink, with Coppola acting as executive producer.
Mishima's extreme rightist political views 'were an extension of artistic dilemmas,' Shrader said.