Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters Quotes

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters is a TV program that debuted in 1970 . Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters ended in 1970.

It features Mataichiro Yamamoto as producer, Philip Glass in charge of musical score, and John Bailey (cinematographer) as head of cinematography.

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters is recorded in Japanese and originally aired in United States. Each episode of Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters is 120 minutes long. Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters is distributed by Warner Bros..

The cast includes: Toshiyuki Nagashima as Isao, Ken Ogata as Yukio Mishima, Bandō Mitsugorō X as Mizoguchi, Hisako Manda as Mariko, Tadanori Yokoo as Natsuo, Kenji Sawada as Osamu, Reisen Lee as Kiyomi, and Hiroshi Mikami as Cadet #1.

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters Quotes

Toshiyuki Nagashima as Isao

• (Toshiyuki Nagashima) "By turning one's life into a line of poetry written in a splash of blood."

• (Toshiyuki Nagashima) "Are there any objections? Is it inconvenient for anyone?"
• (Hiroshi Mikami) "If we're going to die, how can it be inconvenient?"

Reisen Lee as Kiyomi

• (Reisen Lee) "It's just a little cut."
• (Kenji Sawada) "Why?"
• (Reisen Lee) "Your skin is so beautiful, I just had to cut it."
• (Kenji Sawada) "It felt pleasant."

Kenji Sawada as Osamu

• (Kenji Sawada) "You have to promise not to kiss me -- until after I'm dead."

• (Kenji Sawada) "A thought just occurred to me: "This is the woman I've been looking for. I've finally found her." For the first time I feel like I exist. I don't need a mirror."

• (Kenji Sawada) "They don't even know that art is a shadow -- that stage blood is not enough."

Ken Ogata as Yukio Mishima

• (Ken Ogata) "I come out on the stage determined to make people weep. Instead, they burst out laughing."

• (Reporter No. 2) "Who would you like to be?"
• (Ken Ogata) "Elvis Presley."

Tadanori Yokoo as Natsuo

• (Tadanori Yokoo) "Even the most beautiful body is soon destroyed by age. Where is beauty then? Only art makes human beauty endure. You must devise an artist's scheme to preserve it. You must commit suicide at the height of your beauty."

Hiroshi Mikami as Cadet #1

• (Hiroshi Mikami) "You have firearms?"
• (Toshiyuki Nagashima) "We'll only use swords. Our best weapon is purity."

Bandō Mitsugorō X as Mizoguchi

• (Bandō Mitsugorō X) "It was as s-small as this, but grew so big -- it filled the world like -- tremendous music. That's the p-p-power of beauty's eternity. It poisons us. It blocks out our lives."
• (Hisako Manda) "Please, enough of your pride. Beauty is like a rotten tooth. It rubs against your tongue, hurting, insisting on its importance. Finally you go to a dentist and have it pulled. Then you look at the small bloody tooth in your hand and say, "Is that all it was?" That's the way it is."

Hisako Manda as Mariko

• (Hisako Manda) "Only knowledge can turn life's unbearableness into a weapon."

• (Hisako Manda) "Guys like us are just like beautiful girls. We get sick of always being stared at."

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