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 and Crew
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
Sachiko Akagi
Thug's Girl Friend
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
Roy Scheider
Narrator (voice)
Chishū Ryū
A monk
Naoko Ohtani
Mother
Yuichi Sato
Student
Masahiko Sakata
Isao's Classmate
Videos & Trailers
A Scene from MISHIMA
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]
Richard Linklater Presents: Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
