Top Billed Cast

1. 

   Ken Ogata

   Yukio Mishima (segment "November 25, 1970")

2. 

   Go Riju

   Mishima, age 18-19 (segment "Flashbacks")

3. 

   Masayuki Shionoya

   Morita (segment "November 25, 1970")

4. 

   Hiroshi Mikami

   Cadet #1 (segment "November 25, 1970")

5. 

   Junkichi Orimoto

   General Mashita (segment "November 25, 1970")

6. 

   Masato Aizawa

   Mishima - age 9-14 (segment "Flashbacks")

7. 

   Junya Fukuda

   Cadet #2 (segment "November 25, 1970")

8. 

   Shigeto Tachihara

   Cadet #3 (segment "November 25, 1970")

9. 

   Yuki Nagahara

   Mishima, age 5 (segment "Flashbacks")

10. 

    Kyuzo Kobayashi

    Literary Friend (segment "Flashbacks")

11. 

    Yuki Kitazume

    Dancing Friend (segment "Flashbacks")

12. 

    Haruko Katō

    Grandmother (segment "Flashbacks")

13. 

    Bandō Mitsugorō X

    Mizoguchi (segment "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion")

14. 

    Hisako Manda

    Mariko (segment "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion")

15. 

    Naomi Oki

    First Girl (segment "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion")

16. 

    Miki Takakura

    Second Girl (segment "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion")

17. 

    Imari Tsujikoichi Sato

    Madame (segment "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion")

18. 

    Koichi Sato

    Kashiwagi (segment "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion")

19. 

    Kenji Sawada

    Osamu (segment "Kyoko's House")

20. 

    Reisen Ri

    Kiyomi (segment "Kyoko's House")

21. 

    Setsuko Karasuma

    Mitsuko (segment "Kyoko's House")

22. 

    Tadanori Yokoo

    Natsuo (segment "Kyoko's House")

23. 

    Yasuaki Kurata

    Takei (segment "Kyoko's House")

24. 

    Mitsuru Hirata

    Thug (segment "Kyoko's House")

25. 

    Toshiyuki Nagashima

    Isao (segment "Runaway Horses")

26. 

    Hiroshi Katsuno

    Lieutenant Hori (segment "Runaway Horses")

27. 

    Naoya Makoto

    Kendo Instructor (segment "Runaway Horses")

28. 

    Kunihiko Ida

    Izutsu (segment "Runaway Horses")

29. 

    Jun Negami

    Kurahara (segment "Runaway Horses")

30. 

    Ryō Ikebe

    Interrogator (segment "Runaway Horses")

31. 

    Toshio Hosokawa

    'Rokumeikan' Producer

32. 

    Hideo Fukuhara

    Military Doctor

33. 

    Yosuke Mizuno

    'Yukoku' Producer

34. 

    Eimei Esumi

    Ichigaya Aide-de-Camp

35. 

    Minoru Hodaka

    Ichigaya Colonel

36. 

    Alan Poul

    American Reporter

37. 

    Ren Ebata

    Reporter #1

38. 

    Yasuhiro Arai

    Reporter #2

39. 

    Fumio Mizushima

    Reporter #3

40. 

    Shinji Miura

    Pavilion Acolyte

41. 

    Sachiko Akagi

    Thug's Girl Friend

42. 

    Tsutomu Harada

    Romeo

43. 

    Mami Okamoto

    Juliet

44. 

    Atsushi Takayama

    Interrogation Policeman

45. 

    Kimiko Ito

    Grandmother's Nurse

46. 

    Kojiro Oka

    First MP

47. 

    Tatsuya Hiragaki

    Actor #1

48. 

    Shinichi Nosaka

    Policeman

49. 

    Sachiko Hidari

    Osamu's Mother

50. 

    Roy Scheider

    Narrator (voice)

51. 

    Chishū Ryū

    A monk

52. 

    Naoko Ohtani

    Mother

53. 

    Yuichi Sato

    Student

54. 

    Masahiko Sakata

    Isao's Classmate