Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
On November 25, 1970, Japan's most celebrated writer, Yukio Mishima, shocked the world.
120 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.
- Release date
- September 12, 1985
- Country of origin
- Japan, United States
- Music
- Philip Glass
- Budget
- $5,000,000
- Box office
- $502,758
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Trailer
Cast
- Ken Ogata as Yukio Mishima
- Masayuki Shionoya as Morita
- Hiroshi Mikami as Cadet #1
- Junya Fukuda as Cadet #2
- Yū Tokui as Cadet #3
- Junkichi Orimoto as General Mashita
- Naoko Ôtani as Mother
- Gō Rijū as Mishima, Age 18-19
- Masato Aizawa as Mishima, Age 9-14
- Yuki Nagahara as Mishima, Age 5
- Kyûzô Kobayashi as Literary Friend
- Yuki Kitazume as Dancing Friend
- Haruko Katō as Grandmother
- Mitsugorô Bandô as Mizoguchi
- Hisako Manda as Mariko
- Naomi Oki as First Girl
- Miki Takakura as Second Girl
- Imari Tsuji as Madame
- Kôichi Satô as Kashiwagi
- Kenji Sawada as Osamu
- Reisen Ri as Kiyomi
- Setsuko Karasuma as Mitsuko
- Tadanori Yokoo as Natsuo
- Yasuaki Kurata as Takei
- Mitsuru Hirata as Thug
- Toshiyuki Nagashima as Isao
- Hiroshi Katsuno as Lt. Hori
- Naoya Makoto as Kendo Instructor
- Kunihiko Ida as Izutsu
- Jun Negami as Kurahara
- Shigeto Tachihara as Cadet #3
Crew
- Paul Schrader · Director
- Chieko Schrader · Writer
- Paul Schrader · Writer
- Leonard Schrader · Writer
- Jun Shiragi · Writer
- Tom Luddy · Producer
- Mataichirô Yamamoto · Producer
- Philip Glass · Composer
- John Bailey · Cinematographer
- Michael Chandler · Editor
- Tomoyo Ôshima · Editor
- Nobuaki Murooka · Casting director
- Eiko Ishioka · Production designer