luxfero (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

a lot of samurai in anime look feminine

jfalksdfjklsadjfklsa (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

no matter if people try to deny, yukio was at the lesat bisexual

jfalksdfjklsadjfklsa (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

wtf?

miraoister (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I always thought he was a tough guy!At last i can truely understand him! and people question his "sexuality"!

Impossible71 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Hmm. read Forbidden Colours years ago and it didn't mesmerise me the way other authors have. How many years did Mishima spend overseas to reach this level of proficiency in English. Very impressive. Highly intelligent man no doubt..

rss313 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I agree! Mishima is often misunderstood, I think.

davevontexas (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

And there's a tendency to read Mishima as a sort of purveyor of samurai macho-ness. I think that has a lot more to do with the western need to hijack whatever is convenient from "eastern" culture. Westerners *want* to see Sun and Steel, despite the fact that the man himself was probably at the core a lot closer to Kinkakuji and Confessions of a Mask.

davevontexas (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

For years, I was under this guy's spell and read everything of his that I could get my hands on. He was, I think, on a roller coaster of narcissism and self-hate, and was an all-around destructive, hateful, cruel guy (no wonder I still like him); but also impossibly perceptive, and honestly damaged by contradictions that he couldn't resolve -- like patriotism vs. modernism or his own sexual identity.

operez6 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

The book by Natham,Mishima,is quite good, a lot of important information,and it's general.

shionnomama (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Great video!! I first came across 'Confession of a Mask' when I was studying at a law school in Tokyo and instantly got hooked ever since. There are quite a few books available in English.