Directed by:
Paul SchraderCinematography:
John BaileyComposer:
Philip GlassCast:
Ken Ogata, Hiroshi Mikami, Gō Rijū, 佐藤浩市, 李丽仙, Yasuaki Kurata, Mitsuru Hirata, Toshiyuki Nagashima, 勝野洋, Roy Scheider, Sachiko Hidari, Ryō Ikebe, 萬田久子 (more)VOD (2)
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Paul Schrader's visually stunning, structurally audacious collagelike portrait of acclaimed Japanese author and playwright Yukio Mishima (played by Ken Ogata) investigates the inner turmoil and contradictions of a man who attempted an impossible harmony between self, art, and society. Taking place on Mishima's last day, when he famously committed public seppuku (ritual suicide), the film is punctuated by extended flashbacks to the writer's life as well as gloriously stylized evocations of his fictional works. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Ken Ogata
Japan
Best movies:
Shintaro Katsu's Zatoichi (1989)
The Hidden Blade (2004)
Ballad of Narayama (1983)
Hiroshi Mikami
Japan
Best movies:
Tokyo Pop (1988)
Swallowtail & Butterfly (1996)
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
Gō Rijū
Japan
Best movies:
Eureka (2000)
True Mothers (2020)
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
佐藤浩市
Japan
Best movies:
Antarctica (1983)
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
The Floating Castle (2012)
李丽仙
Japan
Best movies:
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable (1973)
Bugmaster (2006)
Yasuaki Kurata
Japan
Best movies:
Heroes of the East (1978)
Fist of Legend (1994)
Ninja in the Deadly Trap (1981)
Mitsuru Hirata
Japan
Best movies:
Romantic Prelude (2009)
Welcome to the Quiet Room (2007)
Not Yet (1993)
Toshiyuki Nagashima
Japan
Best movies:
A Last Note (1995)
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
Threads - Our Tapestry of Love (2020)
勝野洋
Japan
Best movies:
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
Yamato (2005)
Izo: The World Can Never Be Changed (2004)
Roy Scheider
USA
Best movies:
Jaws (1975)
The Rainmaker (1997)
The French Connection (1971)
Sachiko Hidari
Japan
Best movies:
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (1972)
A Fugitive from the Past (1965)
Insect Woman (1963)
Ryō Ikebe
Japan
Best movies:
Early Spring (1956)
Pale Flower (1964)
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
萬田久子
Japan
Best movies:
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen (2015)
Parasite Eve (1997)
Setsuko Karasuma
Japan
Best movies:
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
Brass Knuckle Boys (2008)
The Crimes That Bind (2018)
織本順吉
Japan
Best movies:
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
Three Outlaw Samurai (1964)
The Fall of Ako Castle (1978)
加藤治子
Japan
Best movies:
Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
Awaking (2006)
Jun Negami
Japan
Best movies:
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
The Wife's Confession (1961)
The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956)
Naomi Oki
Japan
Best movies:
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
Schoolgirl in Cement (2004)
Tadanori Yokoo
Best movies:
沢田研二
Japan
Best movies:
The Man Who Stole the Sun (1979)
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)