Yukio Mishima
Writing·January 14, 1925·† November 25, 1970 — 45 years old·Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
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
Filmography · 55
—Life for SaleAuthor2026Madame de SadeWriter2025FireSelf (archive footage)2020Mishima: The Last DebateSelf (archive footage)2018Life for SaleTVOriginal Story2017A Beautiful StarNovel2013Sotoba KomachiWriter2008Making Mishima2008RokumeikanOriginal Story2005Two Days with Yukio Mishima(archive footage)2005Spring SnowOriginal Story1999My Friend HitlerTheatre Play1998The School of FleshNovel1994Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American StageSelf (archive footage)1992Madame de SadeTheatre Play1986The Hall of the Crying DeerOriginal Story1986Animated Classics of Japanese LiteratureTVOriginal Story1985The Strange Case of Yukio MishimaSelf1985The Sound of the WavesNovel1985Mishima: A Life in Four ChaptersNovel1983The Execution of LoveOriginal Story1980The S.S. Happiness Sets SailOriginal Story1976The Temple of the Golden PavillionOriginal Story1976The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the SeaNovel1975The SurfNovel1972MusicNovel1971ShiosaiOriginal Story1970The RokumeikanOriginal Story1969Tenchu!Shinbei Tanaka1968Around Mr. Yasunari Kawabata1968Black LizardHuman statue · Theatre Play1967Thirst for LoveNovel1966That Complicated GuyNovel1966Die hundertste NachtNovel1966PatriotismShinji Takeyama · Director · Producer · Title Designer · Writer · Short Story1966Interview with Yukio MishimaSelf1965The School of FleshNovel1964The Frolic of the BeastsNovel1964The Sound of WavesNovel1964KenNovel1962Black LizardTheatre Play1961The RokumeikanOriginal Story1961Les MesdemoisellesNovel1960Afraid to DieTakeo Asahina1959The RokumeikanOriginal Story1959The LighthouseOriginal Story1959Immoral LectureHimself · Original Story1958Small WorldTVSelf1958ConflagrationNovel1957But the Flesh is WeakNovel1957The BetrothedNovel1954The SurfNovel1953Made in JapanOriginal Story1953Natsuko’s Adventure in HokkaidoOriginal Story1951Pure White NightsNovel