Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
1985Drama121 mins

Plot

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.

  • Paul Schrader

    Director

  • Paul Schrader

    Writer

  • Jun Shiragi

    Scenario Writer

  • Yukio Mishima

    Novel

  • Leonard Schrader

    Writer

  • Chieko Schrader

    Writer

  • John Bailey

    Director of Photography

  • Michael Chandler

    Editor

  • Tomoyo Ōshima

    Editor

  • 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' Producer

  • Hideo Fukuhara

    Military Doctor

  • Yosuke Mizuno

    'Yukoku' Producer

  • Eimei Esumi

    Ichigaya Aide-de-Camp

  • Minoru Hodaka

    Ichigaya Colonel

  • Alan Poul

    American Reporter

  • Ren Ebata

    Reporter #1

  • Yasuhiro Arai

    Reporter #2

  • Fumio Mizushima

    Reporter #3

  • Shinji Miura

    Pavilion Acolyte

  • Runtime

    121 minutes

    Released

    1985-09-20

    Languages

    English

    日本語

    Countries

    Japan

    United States of America

    Studios

    Warner Bros. Pictures

    Lucasfilm Ltd.

    American Zoetrope

    Filmlink International

    Sound

  • Philip Glass

    Original Music Composer

  • Updated

    78 days ago

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