Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

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.

Drama

Ken Ogata

(Yukio Mishima)

Kenji Sawada

(Osamu)

Bandō Mitsugorō X

(Mizoguchi)

Toshiyuki Nagashima

(Isao)

Masayuki Shionoya

(Morita)

Hiroshi Mikami

(Cadet #1)

Junya Fukuda

(Cadet #2)

Yuu Tokui

(Cadet #3)

Junkichi Orimoto

(General Mashita)

Naoko Ohtani

(Mother)

Go Riju

(Mishima, age 18-19)

Masato Aizawa

(Mishima, age 9-14)

Yuki Nagahara

(Mishima, age 5)

Kyuzo Kobayashi

(Literary Friend)

Yuki Kitazume

(Dancing Friend)

Haruko Katō

(Grandmother)

Hisako Manda

(Mariko)

Naomi Oki

(First Girl)

Miki Takakura

(Second Girl)

Imari Tsuji

(Madame)

Koichi Sato

(Kashiwagi)

Reisen Ri

(Kiyomi)

Setsuko Karasuma

(Mitsuko)

Tadanori Yokoo

(Natsuo)

Yasuaki Kurata

(Takei)

Mitsuru Hirata

(Thug)

Hiroshi Katsuno

(Lt. Hori)

Naoya Makoto

(Kendo Instructor)

Kunihiko Ida

(Izutsu)

Jun Negami

(Kurahara)

Ryō Ikebe

(Interrogator)

Toshio Hosokawa

("Rokumeikan" Producer)

Hideo Fukuhara

(Military Doctor)

Yosuke Mizuno

("Yukoku" Producer)

Eimei Esumi

(Ichigaya Aide-de-Camp)

Minoru Hodaka

(Ichigaya Colonel)

Masahiko Sakata

(Isao's Classmate)

Alan Poul

(American Reporter)

Ren Ebata

(Reporter #1)

Yasuhiro Arai

(Reporter #2)

Fumio Mizushima

(Reporter #3)

Shinji Miura

(Pavilion Acolyte)

Yuichi Sato

(Student)

Sachiko Akagi

(Thug's Girlfriend)

Riki 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)