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Yukio Mishima

Yukio Mishima

Yukio Mishima

1925-01-14

Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

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Biography

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.

Best known for:

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

Patriotism

Tenchu!

The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

Conflagration

Black Lizard

The School of Flesh

Thirst for Love

Madame de Sade

A Beautiful Star

Black Lizard

Ken

Afraid to Die

Mishima: The Last Debate

Small World

Music

The Temple of the Golden Pavillion

The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima

But the Flesh is Weak

The Surf

Spring Snow

Les Mesdemoiselles

The School of Flesh

The Execution of Love

Animated Classics of Japanese Literature

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Filmography:

Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido (1953)
WORK AS:
Original Story
Made in Japan (1953)
WORK AS:
Original Story
The Surf (1954)
WORK AS:
Novel
But the Flesh is Weak (1957)
WORK AS:
Novel
The Betrothed (1957)
WORK AS:
Novel
Conflagration (1958)
WORK AS:
Novel
Afraid to Die (1960)
APPEREAD AS:
Takeo Asahina
Les Mesdemoiselles (1961)
WORK AS:
Novel

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Black Lizard (1962)
WORK AS:
Theatre Play
Ken (1964)
WORK AS:
Novel
The Sound of Waves (1964)
WORK AS:
Novel
The Frolic of the Beasts (1964)
WORK AS:
Novel
The School of Flesh (1965)
WORK AS:
Novel
Patriotism (1966)
5.7
APPEREAD AS:
Shinji Takeyama
WORK AS:
Director, Producer, Title Designer, Writer, Short Story
That Complicated Guy (1966)
WORK AS:
Novel
Thirst for Love (1967)
WORK AS:
Novel

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Black Lizard (1968)
APPEREAD AS:
Human statue
WORK AS:
Theatre Play
Tenchu! (1969)
APPEREAD AS:
Shimbei Tanaka
Shiosai (1971)
WORK AS:
Original Story
Music (1972)
WORK AS:
Novel
The Surf (1975)
WORK AS:
Novel
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea (1976)
WORK AS:
Novel
The Temple of the Golden Pavillion (1976)
WORK AS:
Original Story
The Execution of Love (1983)
WORK AS:
Original Story
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
6.6
WORK AS:
Novel
The Sound of the Waves (1985)
WORK AS:
Novel
Animated Classics of Japanese Literature (1986)
WORK AS:
Original Story
The Hall of the Crying Deer (1986)
WORK AS:
Original Story
Madame de Sade (1992)
WORK AS:
Writer
The School of Flesh (1998)
WORK AS:
Novel
Spring Snow (2005)
WORK AS:
Original Story
Two Days with Yukio Mishima (2005)
APPEREAD AS:
(archive footage)
Rokumeikan (2008)
WORK AS:
Original Story
Sotoba Komachi (2013)
WORK AS:
Writer
A Beautiful Star (2017)
WORK AS:
Novel
Life for Sale (2018)
WORK AS:
Original Story

Yukio Mishima - Profile - Filmography