Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
(1985)

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

Released: 1985-05-15

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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.

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Ken Ogata

as Yukio Mishima (segment "November 25, 1970")

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Go Riju

as Mishima, age 18-19 (segment "Flashbacks")

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Masayuki Shionoya

as Morita (segment "November 25, 1970")

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Hiroshi Mikami

as Cadet #1 (segment "November 25, 1970")

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Junkichi Orimoto

as General Mashita (segment "November 25, 1970")

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Masato Aizawa

as Mishima - age 9-14 (segment "Flashbacks")

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Junya Fukuda

as Cadet #2 (segment "November 25, 1970")

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Shigeto Tachihara

as Cadet #3 (segment "November 25, 1970")

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Yuki Nagahara

as Mishima, age 5 (segment "Flashbacks")

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Kyuzo Kobayashi

as Literary Friend (segment "Flashbacks")

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Yuki Kitazume

as Dancing Friend (segment "Flashbacks")

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Haruko Katō

as Grandmother (segment "Flashbacks")

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Bandō Mitsugorō X

as Mizoguchi (segment "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion")

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Hisako Manda

as Mariko (segment "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion")

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Naomi Oki

as First Girl (segment "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion")

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Miki Takakura

as Second Girl (segment "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion")

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Imari Tsujikoichi Sato

as Madame (segment "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion")

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Koichi Sato

as Kashiwagi (segment "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion")

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Kenji Sawada

as Osamu (segment "Kyoko's House")

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Reisen Ri

as Kiyomi (segment "Kyoko's House")

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Jun Shiragi

Scenario Writer

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Yosuke Mizuno

Line Producer

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Chieko Schrader

Script

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John Bailey

Director of Photography

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Philip Glass

Original Music Composer

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Paul Schrader

Director

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Leonard Schrader

Writer

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Yukio Mishima

Novel

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Tom Luddy

Producer

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Francis Ford Coppola

Executive Producer

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Paul Schrader

Writer

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George Lucas

Executive Producer

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Eiko Ishioka

Production Design

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Leslie Shatz

Sound Designer

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Jeff Kliment

Sound Editor

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Tomoyo Ōshima

Editor

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Masayuki Okubi

Makeup Artist

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Kazuo Takenaka

Art Direction

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Gary Clayton

Sound Editor

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Eiko Ishioka

Costume Design

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