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Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
On November 25, 1970, Japan's most celebrated writer, Yukio Mishima, shocked the world.
Sep 20, 1985
2h 1m
Synopsis
A fictional account of the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima, combining dramatizations of three of his novels and a depiction of the events of November 25th, 1970.
Title | Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters |
Companies | Lucasfilm Ltd., American Zoetrope, Filmlink International |
Countries | Japan, United States of America |
Keywords | suicide, identity, patriotism, nationalism, coup d'etat, author, art, lgbt, gay theme, four chapters, film in chapters |

Ken Ogata
Yukio Mishima (segment "November 25, 1970")
Go Riju
Mishima, age 18-19 (segment "Flashbacks")
Masayuki Shionoya
Morita (segment "November 25, 1970")
Hiroshi Mikami
Cadet #1 (segment "November 25, 1970")
Junkichi Orimoto
General Mashita (segment "November 25, 1970")Masato Aizawa
Mishima - age 9-14 (segment "Flashbacks")Junya Fukuda
Cadet #2 (segment "November 25, 1970")Shigeto Tachihara
Cadet #3 (segment "November 25, 1970")Yuki Nagahara
Mishima, age 5 (segment "Flashbacks")Kyuzo Kobayashi
Literary Friend (segment "Flashbacks")
Yuki Kitazume
Dancing Friend (segment "Flashbacks")
Haruko Katō
Grandmother (segment "Flashbacks")
Bandō Mitsugorō X
Mizoguchi (segment "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion")
Hisako Manda
Mariko (segment "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion")Naomi Oki
First Girl (segment "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion")
Miki Takakura
Second Girl (segment "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion")Imari Tsujikoichi Sato
Madame (segment "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion")
Koichi Sato
Kashiwagi (segment "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion")
Kenji Sawada
Osamu (segment "Kyoko's House")
Reisen Ri
Kiyomi (segment "Kyoko's House")
Setsuko Karasuma
Mitsuko (segment "Kyoko's House")
Tadanori Yokoo
Natsuo (segment "Kyoko's House")
Yasuaki Kurata
Takei (segment "Kyoko's House")
Mitsuru Hirata
Thug (segment "Kyoko's House")
Toshiyuki Nagashima
Isao (segment "Runaway Horses")
Hiroshi Katsuno
Lieutenant Hori (segment "Runaway Horses")
Naoya Makoto
Kendo Instructor (segment "Runaway Horses")
Kunihiko Ida
Izutsu (segment "Runaway Horses")
Jun Negami
Kurahara (segment "Runaway Horses")
Ryō Ikebe
Interrogator (segment "Runaway Horses")Toshio Hosokawa
'Rokumeikan' ProducerHideo Fukuhara
Military DoctorYosuke Mizuno
'Yukoku' Producer
Eimei Esumi
Ichigaya Aide-de-Camp
Minoru Hodaka
Ichigaya Colonel
Alan Poul
American ReporterRen Ebata
Reporter #1Yasuhiro Arai
Reporter #2Fumio Mizushima
Reporter #3Shinji Miura
Pavilion AcolyteSachiko Akagi
Thug's Girl FriendTsutomu Harada
RomeoMami Okamoto
JulietAtsushi Takayama
Interrogation PolicemanKimiko Ito
Grandmother's Nurse
Kojiro Oka
First MPTatsuya Hiragaki
Actor #1Shinichi Nosaka
PolicemanSachiko Hidari
Osamu's Mother
Roy Scheider
Narrator (voice)
Chishū Ryū
A monk
Naoko Ohtani
MotherYuichi Sato
Student