Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

• 7.8 Drama
• 1985-09-20
• 121 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

Ken Ogata (Yukio Mishima (segment "November 25, 1970")) Go Riju (Mishima, age 18-19 (segment "Flashbacks")) Masayuki Shionoya (Morita (segment "November 25, 1970")) Hiroshi Mikami (Cadet #1 (segment "November 25, 1970")) Junkichi Orimoto (General Mashita (segment "November 25, 1970")) Masato Aizawa (Mishima - age 9-14 (segment "Flashbacks")) 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"))

Director:

Paul Schrader

Writer:

Paul Schrader Leonard Schrader Chieko Schrader