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'''Yukio Mishima''' (三島 由紀夫, ''Mishima Yukio'', real name 平岡 公威, ''Hiraoka Kimitake'') (1925-1970) was one of the greats of post-[[World War II|war]] Japanese literature. A [[Manly Gay]] given to bodybuilding and Samurai worship, he unfortunately was also a Japanese
Despite being mentioned as a potential nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature even before his fortieth birthday, he is more famous for his ill-advised attempt to incite a pro-Imperial coup against the government of Japan at a [[Kaiju Defense Force|JSDF]] base in 1970, at the end of which he and his small band of followers committed [[Seppuku]].
In 1985, [[Paul Schrader]] (most famous for writing [[Taxi Driver]]) co-wrote and directed a movie based on Mishima's life, appropriately called ''[[Mishima: A Life in
As a final interesting note, Mishima himself made a short, silent film called Patriotism in 1966, in which [[Author Avatar|he plays the main character]]: a disgraced military officer {{spoiler|who [[Foreshadowing|graphically commits seppuku]]}}.
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