Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
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.
Director:
Paul Schrader
Writers:
Jun Shiragi, Chieko Schrader.
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Ken Ogata as Yukio Mishima |
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Kenji Sawada as Osamu |
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Bandō Mitsugorō X as Mizoguchi |
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Toshiyuki Nagashima as Isao |
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Masayuki Shionoya as Morita |
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Hiroshi Mikami as Cadet #1 |
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Junya Fukuda as Cadet #2 |
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Yuu Tokui as Cadet #3 |
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Junkichi Orimoto as General Mashita |
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Naoko Ohtani as Mother |
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Go Riju as Mishima, age 18-19 |
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Masato Aizawa as Mishima, age 9-14 |
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Yuki Nagahara as Mishima, age 5 |
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Kyuzo Kobayashi as Literary Friend |
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Yuki Kitazume as Dancing Friend |
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Haruko Katō as Grandmother |
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Hisako Manda as Mariko |
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Naomi Oki as First Girl |
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Miki Takakura as Second Girl |
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Imari Tsuji as Madame |
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Koichi Sato as Kashiwagi |
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Reisen Ri as Kiyomi |
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Setsuko Karasuma as Mitsuko |
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Tadanori Yokoo as Natsuo |
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Yasuaki Kurata as Takei |
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Mitsuru Hirata as Thug |
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Hiroshi Katsuno as Lt. Hori |
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Naoya Makoto as Kendo Instructor |
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Kunihiko Ida as Izutsu |
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Jun Negami as Kurahara |
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Ryō Ikebe as Interrogator |
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Toshio Hosokawa as "Rokumeikan" Producer |
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Hideo Fukuhara as Military Doctor |
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Yosuke Mizuno as "Yukoku" Producer |
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Eimei Esumi as Ichigaya Aide-de-Camp |
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Minoru Hodaka as Ichigaya Colonel |
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Masahiko Sakata as Isao's Classmate |
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Alan Poul as American Reporter |
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Ren Ebata as Reporter #1 |
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Yasuhiro Arai as Reporter #2 |
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Fumio Mizushima as Reporter #3 |
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Shinji Miura as Pavilion Acolyte |
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Yuichi Sato as Student |
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Sachiko Akagi as Thug's Girlfriend |
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Riki Harada as Romeo |
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Mami Okamoto as Juliet |
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Atsushi Takayama as Interrogation Policeman |
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Kimiko Ito as Grandmother's Nurse |
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Kojiro Oka as First MP |
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Tatsuya Hiragaki as Actor #1 |
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Shinichi Nosaka as Policeman |
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Sachiko Hidari as Osamu's Mother |
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Chishū Ryū as Tayama Dosen |
| Writing | Paul Schrader | Writer |
| Sound | Philip Glass | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Leonard Schrader | Writer |
| Writing | Yukio Mishima | Novel |
| Directing | Paul Schrader | Director |
| Production | Francis Ford Coppola | Executive Producer |
| Production | Tom Luddy | Producer |
| Camera | John Bailey | Director of Photography |
| Production | George Lucas | Executive Producer |
| Production | Yosuke Mizuno | Line Producer |
| Writing | Chieko Schrader | Writer |
| Sound | Tom Bellfort | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Gary Clayton | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Jerry Ross | Sound Editor |
| Visual Effects | Catherine Craig | Visual Effects |
| Sound | Giorgio Venturoli | Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Etsuko Yagyu | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Noriyo Ida | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Jeff Kliment | Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eiko Ishioka | Costume Design |
| Editing | Michael Chandler | Editor |
| Art | Eiko Ishioka | Production Design |
| Art | Kyoji Sasaki | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Masayuki Okubi | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Tom Johnson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Leslie Shatz | Sound Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yasuhiro Kawaguchi | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Junji Ota | Hairstylist |
| Editing | Tomoyo Oshima | Editor |
| Art | Kazuo Takenaka | Art Direction |
| Sound | Leslie Shatz | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | Mataichirô Yamamoto | Producer |
| Camera | Toyomichi Kurita | Camera Operator |
| Lighting | Kazuo Shimomura | Gaffer |
| Directing | Takayoshi Bunai | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Yasuo Matsumoto | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Koichi Nakajima | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Hisashi Tôma | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | James Finnerty | Key Grip |
| Writing | Jun Shiragi | Screenplay |
| Writing | Chieko Schrader | Screenplay |