Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

Synopsis

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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Cast

Ken Ogata

Yukio Mishima

Kenji Sawada

Osamu

Bandō Mitsugorō X

Mizoguchi

Toshiyuki Nagashima

Isao

Masayuki Shionoya

Morita

Hiroshi Mikami

Cadet #1

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Junya Fukuda

Cadet #2

Yuu Tokui

Cadet #3

Junkichi Orimoto

General Mashita

Naoko Ohtani

Mother

Go Riju

Mishima, age 18-19

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Masato Aizawa

Mishima, age 9-14

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Yuki Nagahara

Mishima, age 5

Kyuzo Kobayashi

Literary Friend

Yuki Kitazume

Dancing Friend

Haruko Katō

Grandmother

Hisako Manda

Mariko

Naomi Oki

First Girl

Miki Takakura

Second Girl

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Imari Tsuji

Madame

Crew

Art

• Eiko Ishioka Production Design
• Kyoji Sasaki Set Decoration
• Kazuo Takenaka Art Direction

Camera

• John Bailey Director of Photography
• Toyomichi Kurita Camera Operator
• James Finnerty Key Grip

Costume & Make-Up

• Etsuko Yagyu Costume Design
• Noriyo Ida Makeup Artist
• Eiko Ishioka Costume Design
• Masayuki Okubi Makeup Artist
• Yasuhiro Kawaguchi Makeup Artist
• Junji Ota Hairstylist

Directing

• Paul Schrader Director
• Takayoshi Bunai Second Assistant Director
• Yasuo Matsumoto Second Assistant Director
• Koichi Nakajima First Assistant Director
• Hisashi Tôma Second Assistant Director

Editing

• Michael Chandler Editor
• Tomoyo Oshima Editor

Lighting

• Kazuo Shimomura Gaffer

Production

• Francis Ford Coppola Executive Producer
• Tom Luddy Producer
• George Lucas Executive Producer
• Yosuke Mizuno Line Producer
• Mataichirô Yamamoto Producer

Sound

• Philip Glass Original Music Composer
• Tom Bellfort Sound Editor
• Gary Clayton Sound Editor
• Jerry Ross Sound Editor
• Giorgio Venturoli Sound Editor
• Jeff Kliment Sound Editor
• Tom Johnson Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• Leslie Shatz Sound Designer
• Leslie Shatz Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Visual Effects

• Catherine Craig Visual Effects

Writing

• Paul Schrader Writer
• Leonard Schrader Writer
• Yukio Mishima Novel
• Chieko Schrader Writer
• Jun Shiragi Screenplay
• Chieko Schrader Screenplay

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