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Mishima’s literary lifework in Japanese comprises 42 voluminous tomes plus 2 extra volumes, in the most recent authoritative critical edition of his collected works, published by Shinchōsha from 2000 ...

After 40 years, the critically acclaimed film “Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters” finally got a screening in Japan, at the recent Tokyo International Film Festival. It had remained a mystery why the ...

I once owned a photograph of Yukio Mishima squatting in the snow, dressed in nothing but a skimpy white loincloth, brandishing a long samurai sword. Mishima’s torso is buffed from years of ...

MITO--A remark by Yukio Mishima (1925-1970) forever changed the life of a student who had invited the famed author to speak at Ibaraki University here half a century ago. Takeyasu Onose, now 77, has ...

Examining the canon of critical musings on Yukio Mishima, Marguerite Yourcenar's work might be favorably compared alongside Henry Scott-Stokes, John Nathan and Damian Flanagan's biographies. Though ...

Minutes after speaking to Japanese Self-Defence Force soldiers at Tokyo’s military garrison station, Mishima committed ritual suicide by disembowelment (Getty) As an example he said that in the ...

Update October 1, 2025: A year after Schrader thought that “Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters” would screen at the 2024 Tokyo International Film Festival, the director is finally getting his wish. The ...

I’m a writer. I mean, duh. I’m writing this article, aren’t I? But, outside of penning articles, I also write novels. And, as a novelist, I love watching movies about us. I’ve seen some great ones ...