Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)

2h 1min | Drama | May 15, 1985 | Released

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 25th November 1970.

Director: Paul Schrader

Producer: Tom Luddy Mataichirô Yamamoto

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Story:

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Cast (55 Members)

Roy Scheider

Narrator (voice)

Yasuaki Kurata

Takei (segment "Kyoko's House")

A monk (uncredited)

Mother (segment

'Yukoku' Producer

Grandmother (segment "Flashbacks")

Hiroshi Mikami

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

Koichi Sato

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

Kenji Sawada

Osamu (segment "Kyoko's House")

Toshiyuki Nagashima

Isao (segment "Runaway Horses")

Toshio Hosokawa

'Rokumeikan' Producer

Ken Ogata

Yukio Mishima (segment "November 25, 1970")

Gô Rijû

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

Masato Aizawa

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

Alan Poul

American Reporter (as Alan Mark Poul)

Naoya Makoto

Kendo Instructor (segment "Runaway Horses")

Ryô Ikebe

Interrogator (segment "Runaway Horses")

Masayuki Shionoya

Morita (segment "November 25, 1970")

Eimei Esumi

Ichigaya Aide-de-Camp

Mitsuru Hirata

Thug (segment "Kyoko's House")

Sachiko Hidari

Osamu's Mother

Junkichi Orimoto

General Mashita (segment "November 25, 1970")

Hiroshi Katsuno

Lieutenant Hori (segment "Runaway Horses")

Hideo Fukuhara

Military Doctor

Junya Fukuda

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

Shigeto Tachihara

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

Yuki Nagahara

Mishima, age 5 (segment "Flashbacks")

Kyuzo Kobayashi

Literary Friend (segment "Flashbacks")

Yuki Kitazume

Dancing Friend (segment "Flashbacks")

Yasosuke Bando

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

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 Ima...

Reisen Ri

Kiyomi (segment "Kyoko's House")

Setsuko Karasuma

Mitsuko (segment "Kyoko's House")

Tadanori Yokoo

Natsuo (segment "Kyoko's House")

Hiroki Ida

Izutsu (segment "Runaway Horses")

Jun Negami

Kurahara (segment "Runaway Horses")

Ichigaya Colonel

Isao's Classmate

Reporter #1

Reporter #2

Reporter #3

Pavilion Acolyte

Student

Thug's Girl Friend

Romeo

Juliet

Interrogation Policeman

Grandmother's Nurse

First MP

Actor #1

Policeman

Mother (segment

Roy Scheider Narrator (voice)

Yasuaki Kurata Takei (segment "Kyoko's House")

Chishū Ryū A monk (uncredited)

Naoko Ôtani Mother (segment

Yosuke Mizuno 'Yukoku' Producer

Haruko Kato Grandmother (segment "Flashbacks")

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

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

Kenji Sawada Osamu (segment "Kyoko's House")

Toshiyuki Nagashima Isao (segment "Runaway Horses")

Toshio Hosokawa 'Rokumeikan' Producer

Ken Ogata Yukio Mishima (segment "November 25, 1970")

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

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

Alan Poul American Reporter (as Alan Mark Poul)

Naoya Makoto Kendo Instructor (segment "Runaway Horses")

Ryô Ikebe Interrogator (segment "Runaway Horses")

Masayuki Shionoya Morita (segment "November 25, 1970")

Eimei Esumi Ichigaya Aide-de-Camp

Mitsuru Hirata Thug (segment "Kyoko's House")

Sachiko Hidari Osamu's Mother

Junkichi Orimoto General Mashita (segment "November 25, 1970")

Hiroshi Katsuno Lieutenant Hori (segment "Runaway Horses")

Hideo Fukuhara Military Doctor

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

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

Yuki Nagahara Mishima, age 5 (segment "Flashbacks")

Kyuzo Kobayashi Literary Friend (segment "Flashbacks")

Yuki Kitazume Dancing Friend (segment "Flashbacks")

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

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 Ima...

Reisen Ri Kiyomi (segment "Kyoko's House")

Setsuko Karasuma Mitsuko (segment "Kyoko's House")

Tadanori Yokoo Natsuo (segment "Kyoko's House")

Hiroki Ida Izutsu (segment "Runaway Horses")

Jun Negami Kurahara (segment "Runaway Horses")

Minoru Hodaka Ichigaya Colonel

Shôichirô Sakata Isao's Classmate

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

Tsutomu Harada Romeo

Mami Okamoto Juliet

Atsushi Takayama Interrogation Policeman

Kimiko Ito Grandmother's Nurse

Kojiro Oka First MP

Tatsuya Hiragaki Actor #1

Shinichi Nosaka Policeman

Naoko Ôtani Mother (segment

Crew (30 Members)

George Lucas

Executive Producer

Paul Schrader

Director

John Bailey

Director of Photography

Philip Glass

Original Music Composer

Francis Ford Coppola

Executive Producer

Tom Johnson

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Editor

Line Producer

Producer

Sound Designer

Writer

Editor

Novel

Producer

Script

Scenario Writer

Sound Editor

Costume Design

Sound Editor

Art Direction

Costume Design

Set Decoration

Makeup Artist

Makeup Artist

Makeup Artist

Hairstylist

Sound Editor

Sound Editor

Sound Editor

Visual Effects

George Lucas Executive Producer

Paul Schrader Director

John Bailey Director of Photography

Philip Glass Original Music Composer

Francis Ford Coppola Executive Producer

Tom Johnson Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Michael Chandler Editor

Yosuke Mizuno Line Producer

Tom Luddy Producer

Leslie Shatz Sound Designer

Leonard Schrader Writer

Tomoyo Ōshima Editor

Yukio Mishima Novel

Mataichirô Yamamoto Producer

Chieko Schrader Script

Jun Shiragi Scenario Writer

Tom Bellfort Sound Editor

Eiko Ishioka Costume Design

Jerry Ross Sound Editor

Kazuo Takenaka Art Direction

Etsuko Yagyu Costume Design

Kyoji Sasaki Set Decoration

Noriyo Ida Makeup Artist

Yasuhiro Kawaguchi Makeup Artist

Masayuki Okubi Makeup Artist

Junji Ota Hairstylist

Gary Clayton Sound Editor

Giorgio Venturoli Sound Editor

Jeff Kliment Sound Editor

Catherine Craig Visual Effects

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Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)

2h 1min | Drama | May 15, 1985 | Released

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