Director
Paul Schrader
Composer
Philip Glass
Cast
Ken Ogata, Masayuki Shionoya, Hiroshi Mikami
Edition 1985
120'
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1985
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Drama, Biography
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Dialogue:
English, Japanese
A fictionalized account in four chapters of the life of celebrated Japanese author Yukio Mishima. Three of the segments parallel events in Mishima's life with his novels (The Temple of the Golden Pavilion, Kyoko's House, and Runaway Horses), while the fourth depicts the actual events of the 25th Nov. 1970, "The Last Day".
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Credits
Directors
Paul Schrader
Composers
Philip Glass
Cast
Ken Ogata, Masayuki Shionoya, Hiroshi Mikami
Scenario
Paul Schrader, Leonard Schrader, Yukio Mishima
Director of Photography
John Bailey
Editors
Michael Chandler, Tomoyo Oshima
Producers
Tom Luddy, Mataichirô Yamamoto, Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas
More info
Dialogue
English, Japanese
Countries of production
United States of America, Japan
Screenplay based on
"The Temple of the Golden Pavilion" (Yukio Mishima); "Kyoko's House" (Yukio Mishima); "Runaway Horses" (Yukio Mishima)
Year
1985
Filmography
Paul Schrader
Blue Collar (1978), The Hardcore Life (1979), American Gigolo (1980), Cat People (1982), Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985), Light of Day (1987), Patty Hearst (1988), The Comfort of Strangers (1990), Light Sleeper (1992), Witch Hunt (TV-Movie, 1994), Untitled: New Blue (1995), Touch (1997), Affliction (1997), Forever Mine (1999), Auto Focus (2002), Doominion:: Prequel to the Exorcist (2005), The Walker (2007), Adam Resurrected (2008), The Canyons (2013), Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013), Dying of the Light (2014), Dog Eat Dog (2016), First Reformed (2017), Dark (2017), The Card Counter (2021), Master Gardener (2022)
