1985

iiMishima: A Life in Four Chapters was released in 1985.

1984

For a decade after the author's ritual suicide in 1970, Schrader pursued the rights to Mishima's life, and working with Leonard Schrader's wife Chieko and brother Paul, Leonard Schrader co-wrote the Japanese-language bio-pic Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters executive-produced in 1984 by George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola, and directed by Paul Schrader.

1949

First published in 1949, Japanese author Yukio Mishima's second novel launched him to national fame though he was only in his early twenties.

2004

The book was published in Japanese by Shueisha under their Super Dash Bunko imprint in December 2004, and was later released in English by Viz Media under their Haikasoru imprint.

The Philip Glass composition from which Brooks culled the excerpts more literal Abraham used , String Quartet No.

The Philip Glass composition from which Brooks culled the excerpts more literal Abraham used, String Quartet No. 3, is also called ‘Mishima’, and was used as the score for the 1985 film Mishima, A Life in Four Chapters, which referenced the life and notorious 1970 suicide of Japanese writer Yukio Mishima.

1998

Shueisha released the manga in 24 tankōbon volumes between June 4, 1998 and November 4, 2003.

1994

9 volumes were released in Japan between September 22, 1994 and April 20, 2001.

1989

The manga was first published on February 15, 1985 until the fourth and final volume was released on April 15, 1989.

1981

The manga was compiled into four tankōbon volumes published by Shogakukan between October 19, 1981 and April 19, 1982.

1982

It was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from October 1981 to November 1983, and the chapters were published in four tankōbon volumes by Shueisha from November 1982 to January 1984.

1983

The individual chapters of the manga were collected in four tankōbon volumes released between September 1983 and September 1984.

1999

The series was originally published by Kodansha in the manga magazine Weekly Morning from January 1999 to January 2004 and collected in four tankōbon volumes.

1979

The manga was published by Akita Shoten, with serialization on Weekly Shōnen Champion from September 1, 1975 to April 9, 1979 and compiled into 19 volumes published from March 1976 to July 1979.

1995

The manga was written and illustrated by Toshiya Murakami, serialized from December 1994 to April 1995 and released as a tankōbon on June 6, 1995.

2013

The manga was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from May 24, 2004 to November 12, 2012, and individual chapters were published in collected volumes by Shueisha from October 4, 2004 to March 4, 2013.

1991

The manga was published in four tankōbon volumes by Kodansha between October 1991 and July 1995.

1971

Akita Shoten published the manga in four tankōbon volumes between August 12, 1971 and May 20, 1972.

1988

Written and illustrated by Toshio Maeda, the manga was published by Wanimagazine in four tankōbon volumes between November 1988 and November 1989.

1997

In Japan, the series is published by Shueisha—chapterwise in the manga anthology Weekly Shōnen Jump since July 22, 1997, and in tankōbon format since December 24, 1997.

1975

The series was adapted into a manga written and drawn by Ishinomori and published in Weekly Shōnen Sunday magazine from May 4, 1975 to August 17, 1975.