Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)

All the adventure a man can live, he lives. 1985-09-20 Japan, United States of America 121 Min. PG-13
7.8 301 votes
Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Ken Ogata is Yukio Mishima (segment
Yukio Mishima (segment "November 25, 1970")
Go Riju is Mishima, age 18-19 (segment
Mishima, age 18-19 (segment "Flashbacks")
Masayuki Shionoya is Morita (segment
Morita (segment "November 25, 1970")
Hiroshi Mikami is Cadet #1 (segment
Cadet #1 (segment "November 25, 1970")
Junkichi Orimoto is General Mashita (segment
General Mashita (segment "November 25, 1970")
Masato Aizawa is Mishima - age 9-14 (segment
Mishima - age 9-14 (segment "Flashbacks")
Junya Fukuda is Cadet #2 (segment
Cadet #2 (segment "November 25, 1970")
Shigeto Tachihara is Cadet #3 (segment
Cadet #3 (segment "November 25, 1970")
Yuki Nagahara is Mishima, age 5 (segment
Mishima, age 5 (segment "Flashbacks")
Kyuzo Kobayashi is Literary Friend (segment
Literary Friend (segment "Flashbacks")
Yuki Kitazume is Dancing Friend (segment
Dancing Friend (segment "Flashbacks")
Haruko Katō is Grandmother (segment
Grandmother (segment "Flashbacks")
Bandō Mitsugorō X is Mizoguchi (segment
Mizoguchi (segment "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion")
Hisako Manda is Mariko (segment
Mariko (segment "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion")
Naomi Oki is First Girl (segment
First Girl (segment "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion")
Miki Takakura is Second Girl (segment
Second Girl (segment "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion")
Imari Tsujikoichi Sato is Madame (segment
Madame (segment "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion")
Koichi Sato is Kashiwagi (segment
Kashiwagi (segment "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion")
Kenji Sawada is Osamu (segment
Osamu (segment "Kyoko's House")
Reisen Ri is Kiyomi (segment
Kiyomi (segment "Kyoko's House")
Setsuko Karasuma is Mitsuko (segment
Mitsuko (segment "Kyoko's House")
Tadanori Yokoo is Natsuo (segment
Natsuo (segment "Kyoko's House")
Yasuaki Kurata is Takei (segment
Takei (segment "Kyoko's House")
Mitsuru Hirata is Thug (segment
Thug (segment "Kyoko's House")
Toshiyuki Nagashima is Isao (segment
Isao (segment "Runaway Horses")
Hiroshi Katsuno is Lieutenant Hori (segment
Lieutenant Hori (segment "Runaway Horses")
Naoya Makoto is Kendo Instructor (segment
Kendo Instructor (segment "Runaway Horses")
Kunihiko Ida is Izutsu (segment
Izutsu (segment "Runaway Horses")
Jun Negami is Kurahara (segment
Kurahara (segment "Runaway Horses")
Ryō Ikebe is Interrogator (segment
Interrogator (segment "Runaway Horses")
Toshio Hosokawa is 'Rokumeikan' Producer
'Rokumeikan' Producer
Hideo Fukuhara is Military Doctor
Military Doctor
Yosuke Mizuno is 'Yukoku' Producer
'Yukoku' Producer
Eimei Esumi is Ichigaya Aide-de-Camp
Ichigaya Aide-de-Camp
Minoru Hodaka is Ichigaya Colonel
Ichigaya Colonel
Alan Poul is American Reporter
American Reporter
Ren Ebata is Reporter #1
Reporter #1
Yasuhiro Arai is Reporter #2
Reporter #2
Fumio Mizushima is Reporter #3
Reporter #3
Shinji Miura is Pavilion Acolyte
Pavilion Acolyte
Sachiko Akagi is Thug's Girl Friend
Thug's Girl Friend
Mami Okamoto is Juliet
Juliet
Atsushi Takayama is Interrogation Policeman
Interrogation Policeman
Kimiko Ito is Grandmother's Nurse
Grandmother's Nurse
Kojiro Oka is First MP
First MP
Tatsuya Hiragaki is Actor #1
Actor #1
Shinichi Nosaka is Policeman
Policeman
Sachiko Hidari is Osamu's Mother
Osamu's Mother
Roy Scheider is Narrator (voice)
Narrator (voice)
Chishū Ryū is A monk
A monk
Naoko Ohtani is Mother
Mother
Yuichi Sato is Student
Student
Masahiko Sakata is Isao's Classmate
Isao's Classmate