Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
On November 25, 1970, Japan's most celebrated writer, Yukio Mishima, shocked the world.
Genres
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$5000000
Revenue
$502758
Runtime
121 min
Release Date
1985-09-20
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
312
Vote Average
7.8
Ken Ogata
Yukio Mishima
Kenji Sawada
Osamu
Bandō Mitsugorō X
Mizoguchi
Toshiyuki Nagashima
Isao
Masayuki Shionoya
Morita
Hiroshi Mikami
Cadet #1
Junya Fukuda
Cadet #2
Yuu Tokui
Cadet #3
Junkichi Orimoto
General Mashita
Naoko Ohtani
Mother
Go Riju
Mishima, age 18-19
Masato Aizawa
Mishima, age 9-14
Yuki Nagahara
Mishima, age 5
Kyuzo Kobayashi
Literary Friend
Yuki Kitazume
Dancing Friend
Haruko Katō
Grandmother
Hisako Manda
Mariko
Naomi Oki
First Girl
Miki Takakura
Second Girl
Imari Tsuji
Madame
Koichi Sato
Kashiwagi
Reisen Ri
Kiyomi
Setsuko Karasuma
Mitsuko
Tadanori Yokoo
Natsuo
Yasuaki Kurata
Takei
Mitsuru Hirata
Thug
Hiroshi Katsuno
Lt. Hori
Naoya Makoto
Kendo Instructor
Kunihiko Ida
Izutsu
Jun Negami
Kurahara
Ryō Ikebe
Interrogator
Toshio Hosokawa
"Rokumeikan" Producer
Hideo Fukuhara
Military Doctor
Yosuke Mizuno
"Yukoku" Producer
Eimei Esumi
Ichigaya Aide-de-Camp
Minoru Hodaka
Ichigaya Colonel
Masahiko Sakata
Isao's Classmate
Alan Poul
American Reporter
Ren Ebata
Reporter #1
Yasuhiro Arai
Reporter #2
Fumio Mizushima
Reporter #3
Shinji Miura
Pavilion Acolyte
Yuichi Sato
Student
Sachiko Akagi
Thug's Girlfriend
Tsutomu Harada
Romeo
Mami Okamoto
Juliet
Atsushi Takayama
Interrogation Policeman
Kimiko Ito
Grandmother's Nurse
Kojiro Oka
First MP
Tatsuya Hiragaki
Actor #1
Shinichi Nosaka
Policeman
Sachiko Hidari
Osamu's Mother
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