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 (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)