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On November 25, 1970, Japan's most celebrated writer, Yukio Mishima, shocked the world. - Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
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Title: Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

Release Date: 20 Sep 1985

Runtime: 2h 1m

Genre: Drama

Director: Lucasfilm Ltd., American Zoetrope, Filmlink International

Production Companies: Lucasfilm Ltd., American Zoetrope, Filmlink International

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.

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Average Vote: 7.8 (285 votes)

Cast

  • Yukio Mishima (segment "November 25, 1970"): Ken Ogata
  • Mishima, age 18-19 (segment "Flashbacks"): Go Riju
  • Morita (segment "November 25, 1970"): Masayuki Shionoya
  • Cadet #1 (segment "November 25, 1970"): Hiroshi Mikami
  • General Mashita (segment "November 25, 1970"): Junkichi Orimoto
  • Mishima - age 9-14 (segment "Flashbacks"): Masato Aizawa
  • Cadet #2 (segment "November 25, 1970"): Junya Fukuda
  • Cadet #3 (segment "November 25, 1970"): Shigeto Tachihara
  • Mishima, age 5 (segment "Flashbacks"): Yuki Nagahara
  • Literary Friend (segment "Flashbacks"): Kyuzo Kobayashi
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