Yukio Mishima

★ Writing #6,154

1925 - 1970 (age 45) • Writing

Born: 1/14/1925 in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

Died: 11/25/1970 (age 45)

Known for: Writing

Yukio Mishima

★ Writing #6,154

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.

Known For

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

78%

Novel

1985

Patriotism

70%

Shinji Takeyama

1966

Tenchu!

70%

Shinbei Tanaka

1969

The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

64%

Novel

1976

Black Lizard

69%

Theatre Play

1968

Conflagration

71%

Novel

1958

The School of Flesh

54%

Novel

1998

Madame de Sade

74%

Theatre Play

1992

Fire

Self (archive footage)

2025

The Rite of Love and Death (but we are still alive)

Theatre Play

2020

Mishima: The Last Debate

73%

Self (archive footage)

2020

Life for Sale

Original Story

2018

A Beautiful Star

60%

Novel

2017

Sotoba Komachi

100%

Writer

2013

Making Mishima

2008

Rokumeikan

70%

Original Story

2008

Two Days with Yukio Mishima

40%

(archive footage)

2005

Spring Snow

65%

Original Story

2005

My Friend Hitler

Theatre Play

1999

The School of Flesh

54%

Novel

1998

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

90%

Self (archive footage)

1994

Madame de Sade

74%

Theatre Play

1992

The Hall of the Crying Deer

90%

Original Story

1986

Animated Classics of Japanese Literature

75%

Original Story

1986

The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima

35%

Self

1985

The Sound of the Waves

90%

Novel

1985

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

78%

Novel

1985

The Execution of Love

40%

Original Story

1983

The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail

Original Story

1980

The Temple of the Golden Pavillion

68%

Original Story

1976

The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

64%

Novel

1976

The Surf

67%

Novel

1975

Music

46%

Novel

1972

Shiosai

75%

Original Story

1971

The Rokumeikan

Original Story

1970

Life for Sale

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