| Ken Ogata | Yukio Mishima |
| Masayuki Shionoya | Morita |
| Hiroshi Mikami | Cadet No. 1 |
| Yasosuke Bando | Mizoguchi |
| Junya Fukuda | Cadet No. 2 |
| Toshiyuki Nagashima | Isao [Runaway Horses] |
| Shigeto Tachihara | Cadet No. 3 |
| Junkichi Orimoto | Gen. Mashita |
| Naoko Otani | Mother |
| Go Riju | Mishima, age 18-19 |
| Masato Aizawa | Mishima, Age 9-14 |
| Yuki Nagahara | Mishima, Age 5 |
| Kyuzo Kobayashi | Literary Friend |
| Yuki Kitazume | Dancing friend |
| Hisako Manda | Mariko |
| Naomi Oki | 1st Girl [Temple Of The Golden Pavilion] |
| Miki Takakura | 2nd Girl [Temple Of The Golden Pavilion] |
| Koichi Sato | Kashiwagi [Temple Of The Golden Pavilion] |
| Setsuko Karasuma | Mitsuko [Kyoko's House] |
| Yasuaki Kurata | Takei [Kyoko's House] |
| Mitsuru Hirata | Thug [Kyoko's House] |
| Hiroshi Katsuno | Lieutenant Hori |
| Hiroki Ida | Izutsu [Runaway Horses] |
| Jun Negami | Kurahara [Runaway Horses] |
| Ryo Ikebe | Interrogator [Runaway Horses] |
| Sachiko Akagi | Thug's Girl Friend [Kyoko's House] |
| Yasuhiro Arai | Reporter No. 2 |
| Ren Ebata | Reporter No. 1 |
| Eimei Ezumi | Ichigaya Aide-de-Camp |
| Tsutomu Harada | Romeo [Kyoko's House] |
| Sachiko Hidari | Osamu's Mother [Kyoko's House] |
| Tatsuya Hiragaki | Actor [Runaway Horses] |
| Minoru Hodaka | Ichigaya Colonel |
| Toshio Hosokawa | "Rokumeikan" Producer |
| Kazuo Kato | Grandmother |
| Reisen Lee | Kiyomi |
| Naoya Makoto | Kendo Instructor [Runaway Horses] |
| Shinji Miura | Pavilion Acolyte |
| Yosuke Mizuno | "Yukoku" Producer |
| Fumio Mizushima | Reporter No. 3 |
| John Nathan | Biographer |
| Shinichi Nosaka | Policeman [Runaway Horses] |
| Kojiro Oka | 1st MP [Runaway Horses] |
| Mami Okamoto | Juliet [Kyoko's House] |
| Alan Mark Poul | American Reporter |
| Donald Richie | |
| Yuichi Saito | Student |
| Kenji Sawara | Osamu |
| Roy Scheider | English Narration |
| Atsushi Takayama | Interrogation Policeman |
| Imari Tauji | Madame |
| Tadanori Yokoo | Natsuo |
| Paul Schrader | Director, Screenwriter |
| John Bailey | Cinematographer |
| Michael Chandler | Editor |
| Francis Ford Coppola | Producer |
| Philip Glass | Score Composer |
| Noriyo Ida | Makeup |
| Eiko Ishioka | Costumes/Costume Designer, Production Designer |
| Yashuhiro Kawaguchi | Makeup |
| George Lucas | Producer |
| Tom Luddy | Producer |
| Mataichiro | Producer |
| Masayuki Okubi | Makeup |
| Tomoyo Oshima | Editor |
| Kyoji Sasaki | Set Decoration/Design |
| Chieko Schrader | Screenwriter |
| Leonard Schrader | Screenwriter |
| Kazuo Takenaka | Art Director |
| Etsuko Yagyu | Costumes/Costume Designer |
| Mata Yamamoto | Producer |
Anonymous
Posted October 1, 2010
Paul Schrader's handling of Yukio Mishima and his obssesive strange tale is mesmerizing, beautiful, and horrific...all at the same time. Mishima is one of the most contradictory men you could ever pay witness to (much like Schrader's other Man-In-A-Room Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver). Preaching a return to bushido, while living in a relatively expensive Western-styled house?! Fascinating at every turn. His death by seppuku could be construed as merely a political stance, but this film presents it as a personal choice. He rehearsed it for most of his life. This DVD has only four stars because of two reasons. One, I really wanted more extras, such as the Biography program on Mishima. Or current documentaries on Mishima's legacy. More fact based material to back up the film. Two, I seriously enjoyed Paul Schrader's commentary track, but wished there was another one from cinematographer John Bailey and other technical folks. The film is absolutely stunning to look at and would like to know how they did it and what obstacles they came across. All in all, it's a great DVD, but it left me wanting more!
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Posted October 1, 2010
When I was in university in US, I had seen this movie once. Even it is not released in Japan, I was surprised that description of Mishima's life is quite accurate and touch of Japanese beauty is so sensitive. This time I have bought DVD for this. Even 8 years have been past from my first appreciation, it was still impressive. Sometimes American translation of Japanese tradition and beauty are way off from their inner philosophy and shows completely different side. But this one is not. Mishima is very famous for his rightist and ''Bushi-do (way of Samurai)'' idea and wrote many books related his idea. This movie shows the way he lived beautifully.
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Posted October 1, 2010
Even if you aren't into Japanese culture, this is a movie which will stay with you for the end of your days. An absolute brilliant piece of work that should be enjoyed by all. Mishima was an odd duck with a warp mind, but viewers can identify with the struggles he had as a human being. The music score adds to the images so much that I actively sought out the nearly 20 year-old CD soundtrack. That should say something. So far I've watched Mishima five times and still am looking forward to watching it again.
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Posted October 1, 2010
Mishima is one of the great movies. What I love about it is that it intertwines both the realism of cinematic narration with the lyricism of theater. The music is beautiful and ads to the whole in order to make it a masterpiece. This movie is a must for all who love Japanese culture. It is a must for the existentialist too. I highly recommend it.
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Posted November 14, 2010
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