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Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

On November 25, 1970, Japan's most celebrated writer, Yukio Mishima, shocked the world.

Genres

Drama

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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.

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Budget

$5000000

Revenue

$502758

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

121 mins

Rating

7.8/10

Release Date

20 September 1985

Country

Japan

Cast

Ken Ogata

Ken Ogata

Yukio Mishima (segment "November 25, 1970")

Go Riju

Go Riju

Mishima, age 18-19 (segment "Flashbacks")

Masayuki Shionoya

Masayuki Shionoya

Morita (segment "November 25, 1970")

Hiroshi Mikami

Hiroshi Mikami

Cadet #1 (segment "November 25, 1970")

Junkichi Orimoto

Junkichi Orimoto

General Mashita (segment "November 25, 1970")

Masato Aizawa

Masato Aizawa

Mishima - age 9-14 (segment "Flashbacks")

Junya Fukuda

Junya Fukuda

Cadet #2 (segment "November 25, 1970")

Shigeto Tachihara

Shigeto Tachihara

Cadet #3 (segment "November 25, 1970")

Yuki Nagahara

Yuki Nagahara

Mishima, age 5 (segment "Flashbacks")

Kyuzo Kobayashi

Kyuzo Kobayashi

Literary Friend (segment "Flashbacks")

Yuki Kitazume

Yuki Kitazume

Dancing Friend (segment "Flashbacks")

Haruko Katō

Haruko Katō

Grandmother (segment "Flashbacks")

Bandō Mitsugorō X

Bandō Mitsugorō X

Mizoguchi (segment "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion")

Hisako Manda

Hisako Manda

Mariko (segment "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion")

Naomi Oki

Naomi Oki

First Girl (segment "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion")

Miki Takakura

Miki Takakura

Second Girl (segment "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion")

Imari Tsujikoichi Sato

Imari Tsujikoichi Sato

Madame (segment "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion")

Koichi Sato

Koichi Sato

Kashiwagi (segment "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion")

Kenji Sawada

Kenji Sawada

Osamu (segment "Kyoko's House")

Reisen Ri

Reisen Ri

Kiyomi (segment "Kyoko's House")

Setsuko Karasuma

Setsuko Karasuma

Mitsuko (segment "Kyoko's House")

Tadanori Yokoo

Tadanori Yokoo

Natsuo (segment "Kyoko's House")

Yasuaki Kurata

Yasuaki Kurata

Takei (segment "Kyoko's House")

Mitsuru Hirata

Mitsuru Hirata

Thug (segment "Kyoko's House")

Toshiyuki Nagashima

Toshiyuki Nagashima

Isao (segment "Runaway Horses")

Hiroshi Katsuno

Hiroshi Katsuno

Lieutenant Hori (segment "Runaway Horses")

Naoya Makoto

Naoya Makoto

Kendo Instructor (segment "Runaway Horses")

Kunihiko Ida

Kunihiko Ida

Izutsu (segment "Runaway Horses")

Jun Negami

Jun Negami

Kurahara (segment "Runaway Horses")

Ryō Ikebe

Ryō Ikebe

Interrogator (segment "Runaway Horses")

Toshio Hosokawa

Toshio Hosokawa

'Rokumeikan' Producer

Hideo Fukuhara

Hideo Fukuhara

Military Doctor

Yosuke Mizuno

Yosuke Mizuno

'Yukoku' Producer

Eimei Esumi

Eimei Esumi

Ichigaya Aide-de-Camp

Minoru Hodaka

Minoru Hodaka

Ichigaya Colonel

Alan Poul

Alan Poul

American Reporter

Ren Ebata

Ren Ebata

Reporter #1

Yasuhiro Arai

Yasuhiro Arai

Reporter #2

Fumio Mizushima

Fumio Mizushima

Reporter #3

Shinji Miura

Shinji Miura

Pavilion Acolyte

Sachiko Akagi

Sachiko Akagi

Thug's Girl Friend

Tsutomu Harada

Tsutomu Harada

Romeo

Mami Okamoto

Mami Okamoto

Juliet

Atsushi Takayama

Atsushi Takayama

Interrogation Policeman

Kimiko Ito

Kimiko Ito

Grandmother's Nurse

Kojiro Oka

Kojiro Oka

First MP

Tatsuya Hiragaki

Tatsuya Hiragaki

Actor #1

Shinichi Nosaka

Shinichi Nosaka

Policeman

Sachiko Hidari

Sachiko Hidari

Osamu's Mother

Roy Scheider

Roy Scheider

Narrator (voice)

Chishū Ryū

Chishū Ryū

A monk

Naoko Ohtani

Naoko Ohtani

Mother

Yuichi Sato

Yuichi Sato

Student

Masahiko Sakata

Masahiko Sakata

Isao's Classmate

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