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