Does anyone else enjoy his work? His novel The Sound of Waves is a wonderful romantic work. The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea is another good book and actually was made into a movie in 1976. Mishima had some issues in real life and committed seppuku in 1970.
I'd love to see The Sound of Waves make it to film.
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i'm finishing reading a book entitled Misima's Sword- Travels In Search of a Samurai Legend. The author attempts to find the sword Mishima used in his seppaku, whilst uncovering the motives which caused Mishima to take the action he did. I think the title refers more to Mishima's search inside himself.
I've not actually read any of his works before but will probably seek out confessions of a mask after reading this, as it seems as good as any to start, and being somewhat autobiographical should tie in nicely with the book I've just been reading about his life, or rather the end of it.
I've not actually read any of his works before but will probably seek out confessions of a mask after reading this, as it seems as good as any to start, and being somewhat autobiographical should tie in nicely with the book I've just been reading about his life, or rather the end of it.
I found some biographical webpages on Mishima, and I didn't realize that The Sound of Waves has made it to film a few times. Perhaps the BBC could do their own adaptation of it?
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/mishima.htm
http://www.geocities.com/countermedia/9.html
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/mishima.htm
http://www.geocities.com/countermedia/9.html