Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

121 mins | Drama | May 15, 1985

A fictional account of the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima told in four parts. The first three parts relate events in three of his novels: The Temple of the Golden Pavilion, Kyoko's House, and Runaway Horses. The last part depicts the events of 25th November 1970.

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

121 mins | Drama | May 15, 1985

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
A fictional account of the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima told in four parts. The first three parts relate events in three of his novels: The Temple of the Golden Pavilion, Kyoko's House, and Runaway Horses. The last part depicts the events of 25th November 1970.
IMDb rating 7.9
Producers Lucasfilm, American Zoetrope, Tristone Entertainment Inc., M Company
Original title Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Directors Paul Schrader
Writers Jun Shiragi, Chieko Schrader, Yukio Mishima, Leonard Schrader, Paul Schrader

Cast

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 Katô

as Grandmother (segment "Flashbacks")

Yasosuke Bando

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") (as Imari Tsuji)

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")

Hiroki 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

Shôichirô Sakata

as Isao's Classmate

Alan Poul

as American Reporter (as Alan Mark Poul)

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 (uncredited)

Naoko Ôtani

as Mother (segment

Yuichi Sato

as Student