일본 소설가 미시마 유키오의 생애와 그의 세 소설 작품을 각각 흑백과 스타일 넘치는 컬러로 번갈아 가며 보여주는 독특한 구조의 이 영화는 삶과 예술을 하나로 통합하려했던 그의 최후 몸부림을 마지막 4장(부제가 '4장의 삶'이다)에서 그려내 내용과 형식의 긴밀함을 꾀하고 있다
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Ken Ogata
Yukio Mishima (segment "November 25, 1970")
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Go Riju
Mishima, age 18-19 (segment "Flashbacks")
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Masayuki Shionoya
Morita (segment "November 25, 1970")
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Hiroshi Mikami
Cadet #1 (segment "November 25, 1970")
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Junkichi Orimoto
General Mashita (segment "November 25, 1970")
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Yuki Kitazume
Dancing Friend (segment "Flashbacks")
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Haruko Katō
Grandmother (segment "Flashbacks")
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Hisako Manda
Mariko (segment "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion")
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Miki Takakura
Second Girl (segment "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion")
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Koichi Sato
Kashiwagi (segment "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion")
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Kenji Sawada
Osamu (segment "Kyoko's House")
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Reisen Ri
Kiyomi (segment "Kyoko's House")
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Setsuko Karasuma
Mitsuko (segment "Kyoko's House")
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Tadanori Yokoo
Natsuo (segment "Kyoko's House")
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Yasuaki Kurata
Takei (segment "Kyoko's House")
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Mitsuru Hirata
Thug (segment "Kyoko's House")
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Toshiyuki Nagashima
Isao (segment "Runaway Horses")
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Hiroshi Katsuno
Lieutenant Hori (segment "Runaway Horses")
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Naoya Makoto
Kendo Instructor (segment "Runaway Horses")
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Kunihiko Ida
Izutsu (segment "Runaway Horses")
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Jun Negami
Kurahara (segment "Runaway Horses")
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Ryō Ikebe
Interrogator (segment "Runaway Horses")
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Eimei Esumi
Ichigaya Aide-de-Camp
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Minoru Hodaka
Ichigaya Colonel
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Alan Poul
American Reporter
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Sachiko Hidari
Osamu's Mother
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Roy Scheider
Narrator (voice)
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Chishū Ryū
A monk
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Naoko Ohtani
Mother
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Masahiko Sakata
Isao's Classmate
