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.
Ken Ogata Yukio Mishima (segment "November 25, 1970")
Go Riju Mishima, age 18-19 (segment "Flashbacks")
Masayuki Shionoya Morita (segment "November 25, 1970")
Hiroshi Mikami Cadet #1 (segment "November 25, 1970")
Junkichi Orimoto General Mashita (segment "November 25, 1970")
Masato Aizawa Mishima - age 9-14 (segment "Flashbacks")
Junya Fukuda Cadet #2 (segment "November 25, 1970")
Shigeto Tachihara Cadet #3 (segment "November 25, 1970")
Yuki Nagahara Mishima, age 5 (segment "Flashbacks")
Kyuzo Kobayashi Literary Friend (segment "Flashbacks")
Yuki Kitazume Dancing Friend (segment "Flashbacks")
Haruko Katō Grandmother (segment "Flashbacks")
Bandō Mitsugorō X Mizoguchi (segment "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion")
Hisako Manda Mariko (segment "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion")
Naomi Oki First Girl (segment "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion")
Miki Takakura Second Girl (segment "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion")
Imari Tsujikoichi Sato Madame (segment "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion")
Koichi Sato Kashiwagi (segment "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion")
Kenji Sawada Osamu (segment "Kyoko's House")
Reisen Ri Kiyomi (segment "Kyoko's House")
Setsuko Karasuma Mitsuko (segment "Kyoko's House")
Tadanori Yokoo Natsuo (segment "Kyoko's House")
Yasuaki Kurata Takei (segment "Kyoko's House")
Mitsuru Hirata Thug (segment "Kyoko's House")
Toshiyuki Nagashima Isao (segment "Runaway Horses")
Hiroshi Katsuno Lieutenant Hori (segment "Runaway Horses")
Naoya Makoto Kendo Instructor (segment "Runaway Horses")
Kunihiko Ida Izutsu (segment "Runaway Horses")
Jun Negami Kurahara (segment "Runaway Horses")
Ryō Ikebe Interrogator (segment "Runaway Horses")
Toshio Hosokawa 'Rokumeikan' Producer
Hideo Fukuhara Military Doctor
Yosuke Mizuno 'Yukoku' Producer
Eimei Esumi Ichigaya Aide-de-Camp
Minoru Hodaka Ichigaya Colonel
Alan Poul American Reporter
Ren Ebata Reporter #1
Yasuhiro Arai Reporter #2
Fumio Mizushima Reporter #3
Shinji Miura Pavilion Acolyte
Sachiko Akagi Thug's Girl Friend
Tsutomu Harada Romeo
Mami Okamoto Juliet
Atsushi Takayama Interrogation Policeman
Kimiko Ito Grandmother's Nurse
Kojiro Oka First MP
Tatsuya Hiragaki Actor #1
Shinichi Nosaka Policeman
Sachiko Hidari Osamu's Mother
Roy Scheider Narrator (voice)
Chishū Ryū A monk
Naoko Ohtani Mother
Yuichi Sato Student
Masahiko Sakata Isao's Classmate