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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 |
'''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 ultra-nationalist who longed for the days of genuine Imperial rule and a strong Japanese military. And [[Harsher in Hindsight|curiously]], a girl he once went out with via an arranged date was Michiko Shouda... the future Empress Michiko of Japan. |
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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]]. |
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]]. |
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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 |
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 Four Chapters]]''. The film earned critical accolades, despite completely tanking financially, though that's not entirely unexpected when you consider how [[Small Reference Pools|(not) famous]] Yukio Mishima is in Schrader's native America, and the fact that the film is in ''Japanese'', with subtitles. |
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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]]}}. |
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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