---
title: "Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters: cast and crew"
canonical: "https://film.one/film/mishima-a-life-in-four-chapters/cast-and-crew"
title_page: "https://film.one/film/mishima-a-life-in-four-chapters"
cast: 53
crew: 39
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985): cast and crew

53 cast and 39 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Ken Ogata](https://film.one/person/ken-ogata.md) as Yukio Mishima
- [Kenji Sawada](https://film.one/person/kenji-sawada.md) as Osamu
- [Bandō Mitsugorō X](https://film.one/person/bando-mitsugoro-x.md) as Mizoguchi
- [Toshiyuki Nagashima](https://film.one/person/toshiyuki-nagashima.md) as Isao
- [Masayuki Shionoya](https://film.one/person/masayuki-shionoya.md) as Morita
- [Hiroshi Mikami](https://film.one/person/hiroshi-mikami.md) as Cadet #1
- [Junya Fukuda](https://film.one/person/junya-fukuda.md) as Cadet #2
- [Yuu Tokui](https://film.one/person/yuu-tokui.md) as Cadet #3
- [Junkichi Orimoto](https://film.one/person/junkichi-orimoto.md) as General Mashita
- [Naoko Otani](https://film.one/person/naoko-ohtani.md) as Mother
- [Go Riju](https://film.one/person/go-riju.md) as Mishima, age 18-19
- [Masato Aizawa](https://film.one/person/masato-aizawa.md) as Mishima, age 9-14
- Yuki Nagahara as Mishima, age 5
- Kyuzo Kobayashi as Literary Friend
- Yuki Kitazume as Dancing Friend
- [Haruko Katō](https://film.one/person/haruko-kato.md) as Grandmother
- Hisako Manda as Mariko
- Naomi Oki as First Girl
- Miki Takakura as Second Girl
- Imari Tsuji as Madame
- Koichi Sato as Kashiwagi
- Reisen Ri as Kiyomi
- Setsuko Karasuma as Mitsuko
- Tadanori Yokoo as Natsuo
- Yasuaki Kurata as Takei
- Mitsuru Hirata as Thug
- Hiroshi Katsuno as Lt. Hori
- Naoya Makoto as Kendo Instructor
- Kunihiko Ida as Izutsu
- Jun Negami as Kurahara
- Ryō Ikebe as Interrogator
- Toshio Hosokawa as "Rokumeikan" Producer
- Hideo Fukuhara as Military Doctor
- Yosuke Mizuno as "Yukoku" Producer
- Eimei Esumi as Ichigaya Aide-de-Camp
- Minoru Hodaka as Ichigaya Colonel
- Masahiko Sakata as Isao's Classmate
- [Alan Poul](https://film.one/person/alan-poul.md) as American Reporter
- Ren Ebata as Reporter #1
- Yasuhiro Arai as Reporter #2
- Fumio Mizushima as Reporter #3
- Shinji Miura as Pavilion Acolyte
- Yuichi Sato as Student
- Sachiko Akagi as Thug's Girlfriend
- Riki Harada as Romeo
- Mami Okamoto as Juliet
- Atsushi Takayama as Interrogation Policeman
- Kimiko Ito as Grandmother's Nurse
- Kojiro Oka as First MP
- Tatsuya Hiragaki as Actor #1
- Shinichi Nosaka as Policeman
- Sachiko Hidari as Osamu's Mother
- [Chishū Ryū](https://film.one/person/chishu-ryu.md) as Tayama Dosen

## Directing

- [Paul Schrader](https://film.one/person/paul-schrader.md): Director
- Takayoshi Bunai: Second Assistant Director
- Yasuo Matsumoto: Second Assistant Director
- Koichi Nakajima: First Assistant Director
- Hisashi Tôma: Second Assistant Director

## Writing

- [Paul Schrader](https://film.one/person/paul-schrader.md): Writer
- Yukio Mishima: Novel
- [Leonard Schrader](https://film.one/person/leonard-schrader.md): Writer
- [Chieko Schrader](https://film.one/person/chieko-schrader.md): Writer, Screenplay
- [Jun Shiragi](https://film.one/person/jun-shiragi.md): Screenplay

## Production

- [Francis Ford Coppola](https://film.one/person/francis-ford-coppola.md): Executive Producer
- [George Lucas](https://film.one/person/george-lucas.md): Executive Producer
- Yosuke Mizuno: Line Producer
- [Tom Luddy](https://film.one/person/tom-luddy.md): Producer
- [Mataichirô Yamamoto](https://film.one/person/mataichiro-yamamoto.md): Producer

## Camera

- [John Bailey](https://film.one/person/john-bailey.md): Director of Photography
- Toyomichi Kurita: Camera Operator
- James Finnerty: Key Grip

## Editing

- [Michael Chandler](https://film.one/person/michael-chandler.md): Editor
- [Tomoyo Ōshima](https://film.one/person/tomoyo-oshima.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- [Philip Glass](https://film.one/person/philip-glass.md): Original Music Composer
- Tom Bellfort: Sound Editor
- Gary Clayton: Sound Editor
- Tom Johnson: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Jerry Ross: Sound Editor
- Leslie Shatz: Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Giorgio Venturoli: Sound Editor
- Jeff Kliment: Sound Editor

## Art

- [Eiko Ishioka](https://film.one/person/eiko-ishioka.md): Production Design
- Kazuo Takenaka: Art Direction
- Kyoji Sasaki: Set Decoration

## Costume and make-up

- [Eiko Ishioka](https://film.one/person/eiko-ishioka.md): Costume Design
- [Etsuko Yagyu](https://film.one/person/etsuko-yagyu.md): Costume Design
- Noriyo Ida: Makeup Artist
- Yasuhiro Kawaguchi: Makeup Artist
- Masayuki Okubi: Makeup Artist
- Junji Ota: Hairstylist

## Visual effects

- Catherine Craig: Visual Effects

## Lighting

- Kazuo Shimomura: Gaffer

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Our review: https://film.one/film/mishima-a-life-in-four-chapters.md