“On November 25, 1970, Japan's most celebrated writer, Yukio Mishima, shocked the world.”

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

7.8

350 votes·

1985

2h 1m

·Movie

Drama

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.

Director

Paul Schrader

Status

Released

Language

Commercial Verdict

Disaster

Budget

$5.0M

Revenue

$503K

Loss

-$4.5M

ROI

-90%

Revenue vs Budget0.1x

0x1x2x3x4x5x

Significant financial loss

Keywords

suicideidentitypatriotismnationalismcoup d'etatauthorartlgbtgay themefour chapters

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

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