Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

Paul Schrader
1985-09-20

On November 25, 1970, Japan's most celebrated writer, Yukio Mishima, shocked the world.
7.8
121 min

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.

Cast

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