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Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

1985, drama

121 minutes

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...

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Cast

Ken Ogata

Ken Ogata

Yukio Mishima (segment "November 25, 1970")

Go Riju

Go Riju

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

Masato Aizawa

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

Masayuki Shionoya

Morita (segment "November 25, 1970")

Hiroshi Mikami

Hiroshi Mikami

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

Junya Fukuda

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

Shigeto Tachihara

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

Junkichi Orimoto

Junkichi Orimoto

General Mashita (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

Haruko Katō

Grandmother (segment "Flashbacks")

Yasosuke Bando

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

Hisako Manda

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") (as Imari Tsuji)

Koichi Sato

Koichi Sato

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

Kenji Sawada

Kenji Sawada

Osamu (segment "Kyoko's House")

Reisen Lee

Kiyomi (segment "Kyoko's House")

Setsuko Karasuma

Setsuko Karasuma

Mitsuko (segment "Kyoko's House")

Tadanori Yokoo

Natsuo (segment "Kyoko's House")

Yasuaki Kurata

Yasuaki Kurata

Takei (segment "Kyoko's House")

Mitsuru Hirata

Mitsuru Hirata

Thug (segment "Kyoko's House")

Toshiyuki Nagashima

Toshiyuki Nagashima

Isao (segment "Runaway Horses")

Hiroshi Katsuno

Hiroshi Katsuno

Lieutenant Hori (segment "Runaway Horses")

Naoya Makoto

Naoya Makoto

Kendo Instructor (segment "Runaway Horses")

Hiroki Ida

Izutsu (segment "Runaway Horses")

Jun Negami

Jun Negami

Kurahara (segment "Runaway Horses")

Ryō Ikebe

Ryō Ikebe

Interrogator (segment "Runaway Horses")

Toshio Hosokawa

Toshio Hosokawa

'Rokumeikan' Producer

Hideo Fukuhara

Military Doctor

Yosuke Mizuno

'Yukoku' Producer

Eimei Esumi

Eimei Esumi

Ichigaya Aide-de-Camp

Minoru Hodaka

Ichigaya Colonel

Shôichirô Sakata

Isao's Classmate

Alan Poul

American Reporter (as Alan Mark Poul)

Ren Ebata

Reporter #1

Yasuhiro Arai

Reporter #2

Fumio Mizushima

Reporter #3

Shinji Miura

Pavilion Acolyte

Yuichi Sato

Student

Sachiko Akagi

Thug's Girl Friend

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

Sachiko Hidari

Osamu's Mother

Roy Scheider

Roy Scheider

Narrator (voice)

Chishū Ryū

Chishū Ryū

A monk (uncredited)

Naoko Ohtani

Naoko Ohtani

Mother (segment

Crew

Art

Kazuo Takenaka

Art direction

Eiko Ishioka

Eiko Ishioka

Production design

Kyoji Sasaki

Set decoration

Camera

Costume and make-up

Eiko Ishioka

Eiko Ishioka

Costume design

Etsuko Yagyu

Costume design

Junji Ota

Hairstylist

Noriyo Ida

Makeup artist

Yasuhiro Kawaguchi

Makeup artist

Masayuki Okubi

Makeup artist

Crew

Directing

Paul Schrader

Paul Schrader

Director

Editing

Tomoyo Oshima

Tomoyo Oshima

Editor

Production

George Lucas

George Lucas

Executive producer

Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola

Executive producer

Tom Luddy

Tom Luddy

Producer

Sound

Philip Glass

Philip Glass

Original music composer

Leslie Shatz

Leslie Shatz

Sound designer, sound re-recording mixer

Tom Johnson

Tom Johnson

Sound re-recording mixer

Writing

Paul Schrader

Paul Schrader

Writer

Visual effects

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