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Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

19857.8 / 10121 min

Drama

Overview

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

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

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

Crew

Paul Schrader

Director

Paul Schrader

Writer

Francis Ford Coppola

Executive Producer

George Lucas

Executive Producer

Chieko Schrader

Script

Jun Shiragi

Scenario Writer

Yukio Mishima

Novel

Leonard Schrader

Writer

Yosuke Mizuno

Line Producer

Tom Luddy

Producer

Philip Glass

Original Music Composer

John Bailey

Director of Photography

Chieko Schrader

Writer

Michael Chandler

Editor

Tomoyo Ōshima

Editor

Eiko Ishioka

Production Design

Eiko Ishioka

Costume Design

Kazuo Takenaka

Art Direction

Kyoji Sasaki

Set Decoration

Etsuko Yagyu

Costume Design

Noriyo Ida

Makeup Artist

Yasuhiro Kawaguchi

Makeup Artist

Masayuki Okubi

Makeup Artist

Junji Ota

Hairstylist

Tom Bellfort

Sound Editor

Gary Clayton

Sound Editor

Tom Johnson

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Jerry Ross

Sound Editor

Leslie Shatz

Sound Designer

Leslie Shatz

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Giorgio Venturoli

Sound Editor

Jeff Kliment

Sound Editor

Catherine Craig

Visual Effects

Mataichirô Yamamoto

Producer

Toyomichi Kurita

Camera Operator

Kazuo Shimomura

Gaffer

Takayoshi Bunai

Second Assistant Director

Yasuo Matsumoto

Second Assistant Director

Koichi Nakajima

First Assistant Director

Hisashi Tôma

Second Assistant Director

James Finnerty

Key Grip