Film
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
1985 · 2h 1m · Drama
On November 25, 1970, Japan's most celebrated writer, Yukio Mishima, shocked the world.
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- 7.9
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 79%
- Metacritic
- 84
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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.
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Cast
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
Crew
- Paul SchraderDirector · Writer
- Chieko SchraderWriter · Screenplay
- Jun ShiragiScreenplay
- Leonard SchraderWriter
- Yukio MishimaNovel
- Tom LuddyProducer
- Mataichirô YamamotoProducer
- Francis Ford CoppolaExecutive Producer
- George LucasExecutive Producer
- John BaileyDirector of Photography
Media
Details
- Release date
- September 20, 1985
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 2h 1m
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $5,000,000
- Revenue
- $502,758
- Genres
- Drama
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