Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

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On November 25, 1970, Japan's most celebrated writer, Yukio Mishima, shocked the world.

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

Drama

8/10

1985

121

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.

Yukio Mishima (segment "November 25, 1970")

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

Masayuki Shionoya

Morita (segment "November 25, 1970")

Masayuki Shionoya

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

Junkichi Orimoto

General Mashita (segment "November 25, 1970")

Junkichi Orimoto

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

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

Shigeto Tachihara

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

Shigeto Tachihara

Mishima, age 5 (segment "Flashbacks")

Kyuzo Kobayashi

Literary Friend (segment "Flashbacks")

Kyuzo Kobayashi

Dancing Friend (segment "Flashbacks")

Grandmother (segment "Flashbacks")

Bandō Mitsugorō X

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

Bandō Mitsugorō X

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

First Girl (segment "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion")

Second Girl (segment "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion")

Imari Tsujikoichi Sato

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

Imari Tsujikoichi Sato

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

Osamu (segment "Kyoko's House")

Kiyomi (segment "Kyoko's House")

Setsuko Karasuma

Mitsuko (segment "Kyoko's House")

Setsuko Karasuma

Natsuo (segment "Kyoko's House")

Takei (segment "Kyoko's House")

Thug (segment "Kyoko's House")

Toshiyuki Nagashima

Isao (segment "Runaway Horses")

Toshiyuki Nagashima

Hiroshi Katsuno

Lieutenant Hori (segment "Runaway Horses")

Hiroshi Katsuno

Kendo Instructor (segment "Runaway Horses")

Izutsu (segment "Runaway Horses")

Kurahara (segment "Runaway Horses")

Interrogator (segment "Runaway Horses")

Toshio Hosokawa

'Rokumeikan' Producer

Toshio Hosokawa

Military Doctor

'Yukoku' Producer

Ichigaya Aide-de-Camp

Ichigaya Colonel

American Reporter

Fumio Mizushima

Fumio Mizushima

Pavilion Acolyte

Thug's Girl Friend

Atsushi Takayama

Interrogation Policeman

Atsushi Takayama

Grandmother's Nurse

Tatsuya Hiragaki

Tatsuya Hiragaki

Shinichi Nosaka

Shinichi Nosaka

Narrator (voice)

Masahiko Sakata

Isao's Classmate

Masahiko Sakata

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