Cast & creator
Yukio Mishima
Best known for Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, Small World, Animated Classics of Japanese Literature
Yukio Mishima (三島 由紀夫 Mishima Yukio) is the pen name of Kimitake Hiraoka (平岡 公威 Hiraoka Kimitake, a Japanese author, poet, playwright, actor, and film director. Mishima is considered one of the most important Japanese authors of the 20th century.
Also known as: Kimitake Hiraoka, Юкіо Місіма , 榊山保
61
film credits
3
television credits
15
1951–2026 · acting roles
7.0
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (64)
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Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Novel
1985Small World
Self
1958
Animated Classics of Japanese Literature
Original Story
1986
Tenchu!
Shinbei Tanaka
1969
The School of Flesh
Novel
1998
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
Novel
1976
Conflagration
Novel
1958
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
Self (archive footage)
1994
Madame de Sade
Theatre Play
1992
Life for Sale
Original Story
2018
The Lighthouse
Original Story
1959
Black Lizard
Theatre Play
1962
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
Original Story
1976
A Beautiful Star
Novel
2017
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
Self
1985
Spring Snow
Original Story
2005
Rokumeikan
Original Story
2008
Thirst for Love
Novel
1967
Black Lizard
Human statue
1968Black Lizard
Theatre Play
1968
Patriotism
Shinji Takeyama
1966Patriotism
Director
1966Patriotism
Producer
1966Patriotism
Title Designer
1966Patriotism
Writer
1966Patriotism
Short Story
1966
The Hall of the Crying Deer
Original Story
1986
The Surf
Novel
1975
Ken
Novel
1964
The Surf
Novel
1954
Madame de Sade
Writer
2026
Music
Novel
1972
The Sound of Waves
Novel
1964
Afraid to Die
Takeo Asahina
1960
Mishima: The Last Debate
Self (archive footage)
2020
The Betrothed
Novel
1957
The Sound of the Waves
Novel
1985
The School of Flesh
Novel
1965
Two Days with Yukio Mishima
(archive footage)
2005
But the Flesh is Weak
Novel
1957The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail
Original Story
1980
Interview with Yukio Mishima
Self
1966
Les Mesdemoiselles
Novel
1961
Fire
Self (archive footage)
2025
Made in Japan
Original Story
1953
Pure White Nights
1951Pure White Nights
Novel
1951
Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido
Original Story
1953
The Execution of Love
Original Story
1983Die hundertste Nacht
Novel
1966My Friend Hitler
Theatre Play
1999
Making Mishima
2008
The Frolic of the Beasts
Novel
1964The Rokumeikan
Original Story
1959
That Complicated Guy
Novel
1966The Rokumeikan
Original Story
1961
Sotoba Komachi
Writer
2013The Rokumeikan
Original Story
1970Life for Sale
Author
Shiosai
Original Story
1971
Immoral Lecture
Himself
1959Immoral Lecture
Original Story
1959
Around Mr. Yasunari Kawabata
1968
The Rite of Love and Death (but we are still alive)
Theatre Play
2020