Japan Synopsis
“On November 25, 1970, Japan's greatest author Yukio Mishima committed an act that shocked the literary world…”
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.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 1984–1986 Japan Window
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters holds position #16 of 91 Japan films in the 1984–1986 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1980s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1980s in Japan, 280 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters premiered alongside 33 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 1m runtime, production spent $41K per minute on screen and earned $4K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 33 other Japan films in 1985.
The 640th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
228 audience reviews — more than 87% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (87th percentile) outruns trending popularity (72th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- patriotism · 5
- author · 5
- identity · 3
- nationalism · 3
- art · 9
- coup d'etat · 6
- lgbt · 73
- gay theme · 67
- suicide · 51
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #783 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (83rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.9 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #332 of 1,933 (top 17%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Japan, United States of America |
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Spoken Languages | English, Japanese |
| Production Companies | Lucasfilm Ltd., American Zoetrope, M Company, Tristone Entertainment |
| Runtime | 2h 1m |
| Release Date | May 15, 1985 |
| IMDb | tt0089603 |