Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)

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

  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1985-09-20
  • User Rating: 7.7/10 from 277 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 1min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Lucasfilm Ltd.
  • Production Country: Japan, United States of America
  • Director: Paul Schrader
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Summary

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")

  • Go Riju

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

  • Masayuki Shionoya

    as Morita (segment "November 25, 1970")

  • Hiroshi Mikami

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

  • Junkichi Orimoto

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

  • Masato Aizawa

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

  • Junya Fukuda

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

  • Shigeto Tachihara

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

  • Yuki Nagahara

    as Mishima, age 5 (segment "Flashbacks")

  • Kyuzo Kobayashi

    as Literary Friend (segment "Flashbacks")

  • Yuki Kitazume

    as Dancing Friend (segment "Flashbacks")

  • Haruko Katō

    as Grandmother (segment "Flashbacks")

  • Bandō Mitsugorō X

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

  • Hisako Manda

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

  • Naomi Oki

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

  • Miki Takakura

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

  • Imari Tsujikoichi Sato

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

  • Koichi Sato

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

  • Kenji Sawada

    as Osamu (segment "Kyoko's House")

  • Reisen Ri

    as Kiyomi (segment "Kyoko's House")

  • Setsuko Karasuma

    as Mitsuko (segment "Kyoko's House")

  • Tadanori Yokoo

    as Natsuo (segment "Kyoko's House")

  • Yasuaki Kurata

    as Takei (segment "Kyoko's House")

  • Mitsuru Hirata

    as Thug (segment "Kyoko's House")

  • Toshiyuki Nagashima

    as Isao (segment "Runaway Horses")

  • Hiroshi Katsuno

    as Lieutenant Hori (segment "Runaway Horses")

  • Naoya Makoto

    as Kendo Instructor (segment "Runaway Horses")

  • Kunihiko Ida

    as Izutsu (segment "Runaway Horses")

  • Jun Negami

    as Kurahara (segment "Runaway Horses")

  • Ryō Ikebe

    as Interrogator (segment "Runaway Horses")

  • Toshio Hosokawa

    as 'Rokumeikan' Producer

  • Hideo Fukuhara

    as Military Doctor

  • Yosuke Mizuno

    as 'Yukoku' Producer

  • Eimei Esumi

    as Ichigaya Aide-de-Camp

  • Minoru Hodaka

    as Ichigaya Colonel

  • Alan Poul

    as American Reporter

  • Ren Ebata

    as Reporter #1

  • Yasuhiro Arai

    as Reporter #2

  • Fumio Mizushima

    as Reporter #3

  • Shinji Miura

    as Pavilion Acolyte

  • Sachiko Akagi

    as Thug's Girl Friend

  • Tsutomu Harada

    as Romeo

  • Mami Okamoto

    as Juliet

  • Atsushi Takayama

    as Interrogation Policeman

  • Kimiko Ito

    as Grandmother's Nurse

  • Kojiro Oka

    as First MP

  • Tatsuya Hiragaki

    as Actor #1

  • Shinichi Nosaka

    as Policeman

  • Sachiko Hidari

    as Osamu's Mother

  • Roy Scheider

    as Narrator (voice)

  • Chishū Ryū

    as A monk

  • Naoko Ohtani

    as Mother

  • Yuichi Sato

    as Student

  • Masahiko Sakata

    as Isao's Classmate
Writing Paul Schrader Writer
Production Tom Luddy Producer
Sound Philip Glass Original Music Composer
Directing Paul Schrader Director
Crew Chieko Schrader Script
Writing Yukio Mishima Novel
Camera John Bailey Director of Photography
Production Yosuke Mizuno Line Producer
Writing Jun Shiragi Scenario Writer
Production Francis Ford Coppola Executive Producer
Production George Lucas Executive Producer
Writing Leonard Schrader Writer
Writing Chieko Schrader Writer
Sound Tom Bellfort Sound Editor
Sound Jerry Ross Sound Editor
Costume & Make-Up Noriyo Ida Makeup Artist
Editing Tomoyo Ōshima Editor
Sound Leslie Shatz Sound Designer
Sound Giorgio Venturoli Sound Editor
Sound Leslie Shatz Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Costume & Make-Up Eiko Ishioka Costume Design
Costume & Make-Up Yasuhiro Kawaguchi Makeup Artist
Visual Effects Catherine Craig Visual Effects
Editing Michael Chandler Editor
Art Eiko Ishioka Production Design
Art Kyoji Sasaki Set Decoration
Sound Gary Clayton Sound Editor
Costume & Make-Up Etsuko Yagyu Costume Design
Costume & Make-Up Junji Ota Hairstylist
Sound Jeff Kliment Sound Editor
Sound Tom Johnson Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Art Kazuo Takenaka Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up Masayuki Okubi Makeup Artist
Production Mataichirô Yamamoto Producer
Camera Toyomichi Kurita Camera Operator
Lighting Kazuo Shimomura Gaffer
Directing Takayoshi Bunai Second Assistant Director
Directing Yasuo Matsumoto Second Assistant Director
Directing Koichi Nakajima First Assistant Director
Directing Hisashi Tôma Second Assistant Director
Camera James Finnerty Key Grip

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