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Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
Directed by Paul Schrader
“On November 25, 1970, Japan's most celebrated writer, Yukio Mishima, shocked the world.”
Drama · 2h 01m
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
Yukio Mishima
Masayuki Shionoya
Morita
Hiroshi Mikami
Cadet #1
J
Junya Fukuda
Cadet #2
Yuu Tokui
Cadet #3
Junkichi Orimoto
General Mashita
Naoko Ohtani
Mother
Go Riju
Mishima, Age 18-19
M
Masato Aizawa
Mishima, Age 9-14
Y
Yuki Nagahara
Mishima, Age 5
Kyuzo Kobayashi
Literary Friend
Yuki Kitazume
Dancing Friend
Crew
- Director
- Paul Schrader
- Screenplay
- Jun Shiragi, Chieko Schrader
- Writer
- Paul Schrader, Leonard Schrader, Chieko Schrader
- Novel
- Yukio Mishima
- Director of Photography
- John Bailey
- Original Music Composer
- Philip Glass
- Editor
- Michael Chandler, Tomoyo Oshima
- Producer
- Tom Luddy, Mataichirô Yamamoto
Details
- Release date
- 1985-09-20
- Runtime
- 2h 01m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- English, Japanese
- Countries
- Japan, United States of America
- Production
- Lucasfilm Ltd., American Zoetrope, Filmlink International
- Budget
- $5,000,000
- Box office
- $502,758