Japanese author Yukio Mishima speaks to Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers at Tokyo's military garrison station on Nov. 25, 1970. JIJI PRESS/AFP via Getty Images The prolific writer was also an ...
BIRTH IS THE obvious place to start a life story, but how can Mishima Yukio’s not begin with death? That of Japan’s finest author of the 20th century was both spectacular and absurd. On November 25th ...
I’m a writer. I mean, duh. I’m writing this article, aren’t I? But, outside of penning articles, I also write novels. Chronicling the life of Japanese author, Yukio Mishima, A Life in Four Chapters is ...
After nearly a quarter century, the paradox of "Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters" remains that even though director Paul Schrader went out of his way to make the controversial biopic in Japanese with ...