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.
Directed by
Paul Schrader
Written by
Chieko Schrader, Paul Schrader, Leonard Schrader
Roy Scheider
Narrator (voice)
Miki Takakura
Second Girl (segment "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion")
Koichi Sato
Kashiwagi (segment "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion")
Ken Ogata
Yukio Mishima (segment "November 25, 1970")
Mitsuru Hirata
Thug (segment "Kyoko's House")
Hiroshi Mikami
Cadet #1 (segment "November 25, 1970")
Chishū Ryū
A monk
Hisako Manda
Mariko (segment "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion")
Go Riju
Mishima, age 18-19 (segment "Flashbacks")
Yasuaki Kurata
Takei (segment "Kyoko's House")
Jun Negami
Kurahara (segment "Runaway Horses")
Naoko Ohtani
Mother
Toshiyuki Nagashima
Isao (segment "Runaway Horses")
Kenji Sawada
Osamu (segment "Kyoko's House")
Haruko Katō
Grandmother (segment "Flashbacks")
Sachiko Hidari
Osamu's Mother
Yuki Kitazume
Dancing Friend (segment "Flashbacks")
Hiroshi Katsuno
Lieutenant Hori (segment "Runaway Horses")
Eimei Esumi
Ichigaya Aide-de-Camp
Junkichi Orimoto
General Mashita (segment "November 25, 1970")
Naoya Makoto
Kendo Instructor (segment "Runaway Horses")
Ryō Ikebe
Interrogator (segment "Runaway Horses")
Setsuko Karasuma
Mitsuko (segment "Kyoko's House")
Minoru Hodaka
Ichigaya Colonel
Reisen Ri
Kiyomi (segment "Kyoko's House")
Masayuki Shionoya
Morita (segment "November 25, 1970")
Kunihiko Ida
Izutsu (segment "Runaway Horses")
Masahiko Sakata
Isao's Classmate
Tadanori Yokoo
Natsuo (segment "Kyoko's House")
Bandō Mitsugorō X
Mizoguchi (segment "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion")
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")
Naomi Oki
First Girl (segment "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion")
Imari Tsujikoichi Sato
Madame (segment "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion")