mishima: a life in four chapters (1985)

"Your skin is so beautiful, I just had to cut it."
A fictionalized account in the life of celebrated Japanese writer Yukio Mishima (Ken Ogata), paralleling his life with his novels, and ending on his final day, when in an attempt to return Japan to its pre-war status with the emperor as head of state, ultimately ending in him committing seppuku.
Driven by the beautiful direction and Philip Glass's score, this is a complex and stunning dramatisation on the writers complicated life.

cat people (1982)

"I'm the only one who can touch you. You're the only one who can touch me."
Irena Gallier (Nastassja Kinski) comes to America to stay with her long lost brother Paul (Malcolm McDowell), who is more than friendly with her. As she is sexually awakened she begins to understand that she is a cat person, a race of beings that can only mate with their own kind, as they morph into a panther when sexually aroused. Unfortunately for her it looks like she and her brother may be the last of the breed.
Erotic remake of the much superior 1942 horror. Visually stunning re-versioning, that never matches the original.