Though he acted in the movies Kurotokage (Black Lizard) and Yukoku (Patriotism) and wrote many pulp fiction novels, he is better known for philosophical works such as Sun and Steel and The Temple of the Golden Pavilion.
Though he acted in the movies Kurotokage (Black Lizard) and Yukoku (Patriotism) and wrote many pulp fiction novels, he is better known for philosophical works such as Sun and Steel and The Temple of the Golden Pavilion. An advocate of Bushido, he eventually became the commander of a paramilitary organization known as the Tatenokai, and on November 25th, 1970, he publicly committed ritual suicide. FTP, name this Japanese author of The Sea of Fertility and Confessions of a Mask.
Though he acted in the movies Kurotokage (Black Lizard) and Yukoku (Patriotism) and wrote many pulp fiction novels, he is better known for philosophical works such as Sun and Steel and The Temple of the Golden Pavilion.
Yukio Mishima