Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

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

as Yukio Mishima

Masayuki Shionoya

as Morita

Hiroshi Mikami

as Cadet #1

Junya Fukuda

as Cadet #2

Yuu Tokui

as Cadet #3

Junkichi Orimoto

as General Mashita

Naoko Ohtani

as Mother

Go Riju

as Mishima, Age 18-19

Masato Aizawa

as Mishima, Age 9-14

Yuki Nagahara

as Mishima, Age 5

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