@filipobrad He wanted to end Western influence in Japanese life. He wanted to end materialism, modernism, and wanted a return to a more feudal, traditionalist Japan.
I disagree with his methods, but I admire what he wanted to accomplish for his people. I hope this helps.
@Trentyboi being nominated for writing u fukin retard not for a person and his belifs, yea in writing he was ok, but his thoughts and beliefs were messed up. in the 21st century he belives in stupid as samari shit, and disembouling urself
If any needs a copy of Yukio Mishimas last speech before his suicide, I would be happy to send you a copy from Henry Scott Stokes biography. Just send me a message.
It's sad how such a brilliant author has become a porn-idol to European nationalists. Mishima despised everything European. This theme runs through-out his work. People need to get out more. And yes he was homosexual. It isn't a taboo in some cultures as it is in the Christian world.
@ElectricSexPants what I read on wikipedia i think he might've been bisexual or gay yet in the same time believed in passing down his genes. but I'm pretty sure the second is more correct than the first. oh well it's none of our business anyway.
@mishima1970 Right so this is from the same documentary where Hurt reads the excerpts of Mishima's work? I know it was John Hurt doing that - his voice is incredible and was perfect for the role. But I thought there was a chance that the other narrator may be Stokes.
@mishima1970: That voice DOES sound familiar. I think it may be Peter Greenaway. Compare this with some of his earlier works (H is for House or Dear Phone) and see if you don't agree.
@DarkprinX2500 You clearly don't understand or never read anything coming from his incredible mind. Go back to your ponies, they suit better your underdeveloped mind.
Great man, definitely one of the last truly good men who walked the earth. He held with him a conviction of honor and strength, something that is not seen in this materialistic ego-worshiping society, and died the most honorable we he could have
@BeerHombre If a man, a True Gentleman, is not "pimping in'da ride" and "hangin' wit da bit**es in'da crib"(sorrounded constantly by women, boosting their "macho'ism"), he is 'catalogued' as a homosexual. It is precisesly these kind of intellectual men that stood in defence of Traditional values, Honour and Dignity that were against this new age brain washing, 'libertarian philosophies' that justify homosexuality and other depravities in the present day World of cultural and social decadence.
as I said to @13anjowizard, I don't see how his sexuality changes anything, he is still an amazing author, and I have to disagree with you when it comes to homosexuality as "social decadence." Maybe that is because I am from the "western world" and I believe in "Libertarianism" or simply it is because I believe it is unjust to "punish" someone because they happen to love a person who is of the same sex.
I said "if" he was homosexual, I didn't say for sure he was gay. From what I've read his sexuality was a bit ambigious. He being married and have children does not necessarily mean he was straight. Nonetheless still it doesn't change anything he was a brilliant author.
Indydaisy, it's me again, the guy you wish a cancer. Ramstein is an airbase where italian jets at an exhibition caused a terrible accident. Ramstein is also a german Band that sounds like Nazis, but are more in the left wing... By phonetics japanese language sounds like Nazis for german ears, and as Toaster correctly mentions, british english sounds very soft for the rest of the world. Yukios English is better than the version spoken in Newcastle, UK. And no, I refuse your friendship offer...
Mishima did have a gift for noticing the ills of the world, just like Marx, just like Rand. And like both of them he was right about a great many things. Also like both Marx and Rand, and countless others, it's in the solution phase that everything breaks down. But like all great thinkers, sane or otherwise, he had a handle on what was wrong. It doesn't mean he's a fool, it just means that he didn't have the answer. He had the same confusion we do. I find that comforting.
@katietigershark no "they" dont. Any time someone's sexuality can be exploited "they" do it. I don't know if you noticed but the west has been homosexualized once again in the past 20 years and is hyper aggressively gay. Yukio Mishima is a highly admirable man for manly men. If they can exploit his sexuality to show how great it is to be gay they will do it. Personally, I am a fan of Yukio's, and have no interest in his sexuality outside of the fact that he had a family like real men do.
@katietigershark You are just super sensative and anti white, I can show you countless places that these cultural marxists do that to white's as well. They are trying to say Abe Lincoln was gay now for instance. They want to be able to say that about great men to promote the homosexualization and weakening of the warrior. I notice that asians most of the time aren't sensative about race like a black is, but I guess there are exceptions like yourself.
correct me if im wrong since english is not my my mother tongue, but he obviously learned english from someone with a british accent and not an american or irish, etc. it is rare to see japanese born and raised speaking good english. i saw a show somewhere online and it is obviously why that happens: the native professors of english have a STRONG ACCENT themselves and consequently, the students imitate their sounds just as the professor tell them too.
correct me if im wrong since english is not my my mother tongue, but he obviously learned english from someone with a british accent and not an american or irish, etc. it is rare to see japanese born and raised speaking good english. i saw a show somewhere online and it is obviously why that happens: the native professors of english have a STRONG ACCENT themselves and consequently, the students imitate their sounds just as the professor tell them too.
Thank you for this. I know he hated 'The Sound of Waves,; but this biker loves it. He is my hero, though he should not have deprived us of him so early.
I think he knew that there are some discrepancies in his philosophy, and he trid to ignor them. Indeed, he had a really extreme opinion, but he is not so silly that he hasn't realized its fragility. He must have been stuggling with it, and that's why he chose such an audacious end.
This was one of my favorite films, but Mishima was a walking contradiction: He faked tuberculosis to avoid the draft and perhaps this haunted him for the rest of his life. Instead of actually fighting in the war, he decided to create his own private army in order to restore the emperor to his former position of divinity.
After their defeat at the hands of the allies, and the subsequent post-war consumerist culture that followed, the Japanese people saw a return to such nationalism a joke.
@haffaboy7 As he says in the film, it was more a reaction to the apathy of young people at the time rather than a patriotic desire. He had the right idea but I don't think he really believed he was going to achieve anything. Mishima clearly romanticised death and his obsession with it was probably what pushed him over the edge.
down with makaveli and 2pac(musliums) and derivatives. The book is peaking mathew 21:21 and in look. Mountain is moving and the fig tree is being planted in the pacific"hence the 100 scientist that have predicted a storm 5 times stronger than the san andreas earthquake. Look and see if you can undo the evil."the holy roman empire" no reply please
for me he was a honorable an respectable person... by the way he seems to have german accent, never heard a japanese with that accent, and he lived in tokyo........ weird..,.
He was just an homo afraid of getting old he said he would kill himself rather than see his body rotting getting old. If fantasised over white European homosexual classical erotica. If you look carefully you will find two films home-made films of him having fun with himself and and a young friend one in the bathroom naked. He says of the make-believe coup d'état it's all just a plan for his dramatic suicide "nobody will remember an old dead man but they will all remember a young dead man."
He is talking about himself subconsciously: " elegance. Emotions. Feminine. Nervous side. Too sensitive. Define. A sense of beauty. Excite. Tired of it. Sudden explosion. Need. Free from it. Completely hidden. I don't like. Flower arrangement. Peace and loving". Disturbed homosexual struggling with his emotions willing to do anything even suicide to prove himself to be what he is not. If this was nowadays he could be easily treated by any run-of-the-mill psychiatrist. Poor tormented man.
@Crime1234management i dont think he would have accepted any run-of-the-mill-psychiatrist. he might have been a homo afraid of getting old, but he also was one heck of an author. very smart and unbelievably talented.
He isn't a great author. He is dated you can Google his writings he took European writings and mix them. The proof is in the pudding as they say very few people can tell you anything about his writings because they are forgotten. He is not an intellectual as Pim Fortuyn as right wing Japanese people who ride around in vans with loudspeakers would have you believe.
@Crime1234management i read most of his books and especially found confessions of a mask, spring snow and golden pavillion to be excellent. Pim Fortuyn was ugly and got his punishment.
"Pim Fortuyn was ugly" I see your interest is not in his work. They both got their punishment if punishment is what they needed. I Don't Think So. Yukio Mishima, was an exhibitionist. If you was born today he would have been just another Gay Japanese person and he would have been happy. As it was he was just an exhibitionist before his time. Sorry I must go back to work I'm using their terminal through cable.
Oh a wishing game. Ok what type of criminal? street criminals are only as good as yesterday which is not good for them. A politician criminal mmm money is nice. But I always wanted to be a great lover and like a little puppy devoted I like to stand out as somebody who is trustworthy it's a constant struggle to keep spirit in such a corrupt world. It's the challenge and the constant struggle that I like. So not a criminal. So you want to be a criminal?
@Crime1234management sometimes yes. it seems to be a more successful way to live than not being criminal nowadays. BUT: im afraid of having to ive in jail. I love freedom and nature and silence. so im not gonna be a criminal either unless politics forces me to become a terrorist.
You know the most anti-Welsh Irish Scottish people are Welsh and Irish Scottish people who got away from those places. Some of the most violent people towards those people are are of those people. We have a saying about them " cry me a river" because all their problems in life are somebody else's. They never take responsibility for their own doings they are selfish people.
Hey! a secret never to be told OK. watch?v=orHtAhU8qP0
@Crime1234management well...yes...kind of...though i feel like a hippie after watching this. thats terrible. like a nightmare. you wake up and you are a hippie. uaaaaargh. lol but anyway freedom, nature and silence are good things
Yukio Mishima was one of the most fascinating, controversial, and mysterious figures of the 20th century. His writing was extremely elegant. I love his books. Great interview.
to pay atention to the sexual preference of mishima is like the idiot that looks at the finger instead of the moon, that is, the bourgeouis imagination is always mistifying great man. What does it matter if Nietzsche died insane or kierkeggard was impotent or the suposed madness of van gogh and artaud or the bad temper of beethoven, the drinking and drug adiction of kerouac or j. morrison. The petit bourgeouis mentality is too morally and intelectually lazy and coward to look at what it matters.
this is mildly disturbing. i never understood his art (i loved his books but they weren't the art that i didn't understand). i always thought of him as, complex. but still, he was an amazing individual.
Ultimately I think that Mishima Yukio was an artist and he used Japan as a canvas or stage to create his art, much as Sarah Palin is using the United States (though with much, much less beauty and intelligence).
His movements with the sword are clumsy, though they follow the correct form. This must have been at the earliest stage of his training.
The irony is that he had a chance to go into the Imperial Army in 1945, and even to volunteer for kamikaze (he was 18 at the time). He faked TB to fail his medical exam. Dodging battle through cowardice is the ultimate shame for a samurai. Over time, this must have overwhelmed him. It probably led directly to his spectacular seppuku in 1970.
Perhaps from learning the English language the way it is supposed to be spoken. Germans can be pretty camp with their mannerisms and language, so I don't know what you're talking about ;)
@jak1428 Since after the end of WW2, in Japan, American English has been being prevailing. However, when Mishima was young, British English was prevailing. Hence, it was natural that he spoke in British accent.
Present day people completely lost themselves in this material world...
I really adore Yukio's philosophy, material things that are made of that (half enslaved) people can not afford any means of satisfaction (except temporary) ...
excellent video. If only men nowadays woulde take some of the same stances on the world today some of our problems might be solved. one only needs to read Sun and Steel to understand the wisdom he has for todays man.
@mmamidget Sorry, suicide and hara-kiri are not honourable. Staying alive and dealing with whatever problems you have is honourable. Its clear from the what he says that he's vain and self-obsessed.
@conjoly that is something that people just dont seem to understand these days.. i agree with you 100% no matter what you cant give up.. suicide is never the solution i laugh at this idea of it being honorable in any way.. rather its cowardly ....face your problems .. that should be the motto don't run away... if people have problems they should talk to someone about it....
@gl0gg He was a kind of nationalist but I'm not sure his ideas would fit into the current right wing agenda in Japan. Today, they are bullies and thugs, but perhaps Mishima had more grace about him. Great writer either way!
@gl0gg you're the one that is pathetic. no one questions his sexuality because of his intelligence but because of a host of actual evidence that he was probably bisexual. you are the only one assuming things simply because you equate homosexuality with something negative.
I recommend you the reading of "The temple of the golden pavilllion or "The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea" to know more about his artistic personality. If you arte too lazy for that, read his biography by John Nathan or watch "Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters" a film by Paul Schrader.
I tihink, seroiously, only nonconfromistic personalities, and people with a strong sense of aesthetics can empathize with Mishima (real name: Kimitake Hiraoka). He had no real politic thoughts, He was just an artist who projected his artistic and personal obsessions through his public life. An unhealthy and ultrasensitive artist who turned out to be a real samurai, through sacrifice and willpower.
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..
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.
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.
@rss313 Yes, most certainly. He represented something not lost from the Japanese character, but perhaps these days repressed. And his candid views are fascinating--being quite nationalist, he still understood the world--admitting to the brutal side of the Japanese. Very good clip!
@rss313 Many people may think in that way if they don't understand what he means really.
Have you ever listened to his final speech just before his commitment to suicide? Do you understand Japanese cultural background since Sengoku era? If you can read Japanese, besides reading "Bushido," try 若きサムライのために written by him. Then you may see what I am saying, if not, it's sad but still its your opinion :) Thank you for being interested in Japanese spiritual culture :D
@sasa2340 I'm sorry, you're responding to a comment I left over 2 years ago. What don't I get? I have heard his speech, yes, and can read Japanese but not well enough to tackle a full book of his. So please tell me why you think Mishima was not misunderstood.
@rss313 Hehe, true. Sorry for responding to a comment posed over two years ago. Well, then I'll talk by the perspectives of the speech. In his speech, he said, "諸君の中に、一人でも俺と一緒に立つやつはいないのか。一人もいないんだな。... まだ諸君は憲法改正のために立ち上がらないと、見極めがついた。” Although this sounds like he was betrayed. Probably he was, however, I'm sure they were going to amend, modify, or rewrite it. Unfortunately, people like him, a prompt, powerful, intelligent leader, is not accepted in Japanese government. You can look up the...
in current Japanese gov. The Prime Minister and governors in Japan aren't active like the U.S. President at least in the obvious way. Because the most of Japaneses consisting the modern JP were peasant, they tend to render a extremer to ordinary-level one, otherwise, they ignore the one. So, any follower to him in those days would be eliminated from the society. That's why "finally" JP gov. is in action now. It's about time, not misunderstanding if you know "憲法改正案"
@sasa2340 Thank you for your intelligent responses. I think I understand more of what the Tatenokai was attempting that day, though historians still hold it debatable as to whether Mishima actually thought his attempt at coup d'etat would succeed or if he had gone to die. Him saying that he was the only one who'd stand up for imperialism made it look like a suicide mission but its unclear. I don't think my opinion is uninformed but I will look more into the law reform you/he mentioned.
@sasa2340 Wow, I had responded with a well-thought out comment in Japanese but YT didn't accept it! Thanks for your remarks. I think I understand the Tatenokai a little better now, however I still will have to look at constitutional reform at this time. My opinion isn't as well informed as yours but I do not think it is sad, thank you.
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.
I need some good serious book About Mishima's work on english language. I read a book Confessions of a Mask, but i need some critical works about this writter. Thank you anyway :)
J'ai besoin de quelques bonnes graves propos de Mishima livre ses travaux sur la langue Anglais. J'ai lu un livre Confessions d'un masque, mais j'ai besoin de quelques oeuvres critiques à propos de ce writter. Merci quand même:)
Thank you so much for this video. It is great to see the man talk in person. I just finished Confessions of a Mask (in Arabic) today. For the researcher from Serbia, this book might give you some needed autobiographical information.
I want to write some work about this writter but i'm from Serbia.. so if u know some good links about this writter please send me at my e-mail.. thank you:)
One of the latest Men on Earth
talissin 8 hours ago
I wish there were a transcript of this somewhere... It's hard to understand everything he's saying. Otherwise great video.
hckrwolf 4 days ago
He misled the army doctors to believe he had tuberculosis so that he could avoid war. It is no surprise that this coward's life ended in suicide.
Shaq6322 3 weeks ago
He was a nationalist, as all people should be.
People can't live in a global village, that leads to bloodshed and war.
Bring back nations and racialism! That's the only way to stop the oppressive, liberal democracy, and usery/consumerism hell-world we live in.
Sinekyre14 4 weeks ago
Reading up a little on this guy...he was quite a nutbag, but interesting. Fuck you, Jonathan Meese artsy fartsy hipsterpig.
suction 1 month ago
i just dont give a fuck about canadian. faggot country.
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BytheBeardofYmir 2 months ago
can someone explaine me what was the thing with yukio mishima...dont cuite understand what did he wanted to do...
filipobrad 3 months ago
@filipobrad He wanted to end Western influence in Japanese life. He wanted to end materialism, modernism, and wanted a return to a more feudal, traditionalist Japan.
I disagree with his methods, but I admire what he wanted to accomplish for his people. I hope this helps.
SPQRImperator 2 weeks ago
this guy was the biggest, fag/crackhead known to man. he thought of harakiri a beautiful death, and his books r jes fuked up
21Intervention 3 months ago
@21Intervention Have you even read them you stupid git? He was nominated for the Nobel Prize 3 times, achieved by his 40's.
Trentyboi 3 months ago
@Trentyboi being nominated for writing u fukin retard not for a person and his belifs, yea in writing he was ok, but his thoughts and beliefs were messed up. in the 21st century he belives in stupid as samari shit, and disembouling urself
21Intervention 2 months ago
@21Intervention Ah yes, he lived from 1925 to 1970. Those years are in the 21st century, right?
Moron.
DrJohannFaust 2 months ago
niggers
2666ification 3 months ago
a paranoia who speaks poor English
chickenshing 3 months ago
I had no idea Mishima could speak English so well. I've been in Japan for several years and he speaks better than anyone I have ever met.
LuckyDeviI 3 months ago
Hello.
If any needs a copy of Yukio Mishimas last speech before his suicide, I would be happy to send you a copy from Henry Scott Stokes biography. Just send me a message.
MrJacobfromDenmark 4 months ago
When was this recorded?
lin2k4 4 months ago
dude was a revolutionary, and died being just that...thats badass
UtopiaMinor666 5 months ago
It's sad how such a brilliant author has become a porn-idol to European nationalists. Mishima despised everything European. This theme runs through-out his work. People need to get out more. And yes he was homosexual. It isn't a taboo in some cultures as it is in the Christian world.
ElectricSexPants 5 months ago
He did not despise everything European. Please stop talking shit. Thank you.
ebeneezzer 4 months ago
@ElectricSexPants what I read on wikipedia i think he might've been bisexual or gay yet in the same time believed in passing down his genes. but I'm pretty sure the second is more correct than the first. oh well it's none of our business anyway.
malevolenceXXXensues 4 months ago
i have a penis
yokcocuk 5 months ago
is this from the documentary - the strange case of yukio mishima? any help with this would be great.
cloudsymph 6 months ago
@cloudsymph Yes
mishima1970 6 months ago
@mishima1970 Is the narrator Henry Scott Stokes?
MishimaYukio17 5 months ago
@MishimaYukio17 No, it's the actor John Hurt, although Henry Scott Stokes was interviewed several times in the original documentary.
mishima1970 5 months ago
@mishima1970 Right so this is from the same documentary where Hurt reads the excerpts of Mishima's work? I know it was John Hurt doing that - his voice is incredible and was perfect for the role. But I thought there was a chance that the other narrator may be Stokes.
MishimaYukio17 5 months ago
@MishimaYukio17 I made a mistake; it's not John Hurt narrating, although he does the readings.
The actual narrator is uncredited in the opening and closing titles, and I've no idea who it is.
mishima1970 5 months ago
@mishima1970: That voice DOES sound familiar. I think it may be Peter Greenaway. Compare this with some of his earlier works (H is for House or Dear Phone) and see if you don't agree.
Hierophage 1 month ago
i love yukio mishima! this is a very good video. thank you very much.
Katsumotothesamurai 6 months ago
for someone who never got to go to England before he learned it he sounds brilliant. Clearly a linguist genius and a very disciplined mind.
decadentidealist 6 months ago
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stupid warmongering fag.. good riddance....
DarkprinX2500 6 months ago
@DarkprinX2500 You clearly don't understand or never read anything coming from his incredible mind. Go back to your ponies, they suit better your underdeveloped mind.
TSALBIK 6 months ago
@TSALBIK You defend a dude who killed himself.. i have no respect for anyone that does that...period... oh and btw he was a homo
DarkprinX2500 6 months ago
@DarkprinX2500 He did have Affairs with men, back during his work days. But he actually has a Straight Female Wife, they had kids.
Entei2000 6 months ago
@DarkprinX2500 You sound like an uneducated, thoroughly despicable, incredibly close minded person.
amutinyinheaven 5 months ago
when yukio mishima talked on this video was he saying he was going to do hara-kiri or just talking about it
Katsumotothesamurai 6 months ago
this hara-kiri do the japanese still sometimes do it
Katsumotothesamurai 6 months ago
how you win i wonder with hari kari
Katsumotothesamurai 6 months ago
Japan - great culture.
Großartige Hochkultur!
Beste Grüße aus Deutschland.
MrPhylax 6 months ago
know yoshima.know honour.know yourself.judge only yourself.
alchemichael 7 months ago
Mishima the last samurai
MorningBlade 7 months ago
just watched d film n this is gas ;/
larrylamp2003 7 months ago
6.00 - ooh he is so visibly excited
krakenwave 7 months ago
Great man, definitely one of the last truly good men who walked the earth. He held with him a conviction of honor and strength, something that is not seen in this materialistic ego-worshiping society, and died the most honorable we he could have
RIP
Heavymetalgamer28 8 months ago 3
@Heavymetalgamer28 honor is imiterial
al1ad2 7 months ago
Mr. Mishima is a peerless writer. Anyway his English is so beautiful I'm exploding in fangirl orgasm...
bemyart90 8 months ago 2
Well if even if he was homosexual, he was still more macho than the average heterosexual man...
BeerHombre 8 months ago 3
@BeerHombre he may have been bi sexual, but he definately was not a fag.
13anjowizard 8 months ago
@13anjowizard
does his sexuality really change anything? Gay, Straight, Bi, He still wrote some amazing shit...
BeerHombre 8 months ago 2
@BeerHombre If a man, a True Gentleman, is not "pimping in'da ride" and "hangin' wit da bit**es in'da crib"(sorrounded constantly by women, boosting their "macho'ism"), he is 'catalogued' as a homosexual. It is precisesly these kind of intellectual men that stood in defence of Traditional values, Honour and Dignity that were against this new age brain washing, 'libertarian philosophies' that justify homosexuality and other depravities in the present day World of cultural and social decadence.
mirarostodo 8 months ago
@mirarostodo
as I said to @13anjowizard, I don't see how his sexuality changes anything, he is still an amazing author, and I have to disagree with you when it comes to homosexuality as "social decadence." Maybe that is because I am from the "western world" and I believe in "Libertarianism" or simply it is because I believe it is unjust to "punish" someone because they happen to love a person who is of the same sex.
BeerHombre 8 months ago 18
@BeerHombre I agree with you. What people two consenting adults do behind closed doors is no one's business.
BytheBeardofYmir 6 months ago
@BeerHombre He has a female wife and children look up the Japanese version in wikipedia. In English Version it has not talk about it.
Entei2000 6 months ago
@Entei2000
I said "if" he was homosexual, I didn't say for sure he was gay. From what I've read his sexuality was a bit ambigious. He being married and have children does not necessarily mean he was straight. Nonetheless still it doesn't change anything he was a brilliant author.
BeerHombre 4 months ago
Indydaisy, it's me again, the guy you wish a cancer. Ramstein is an airbase where italian jets at an exhibition caused a terrible accident. Ramstein is also a german Band that sounds like Nazis, but are more in the left wing... By phonetics japanese language sounds like Nazis for german ears, and as Toaster correctly mentions, british english sounds very soft for the rest of the world. Yukios English is better than the version spoken in Newcastle, UK. And no, I refuse your friendship offer...
mfederico 8 months ago
Mishima did have a gift for noticing the ills of the world, just like Marx, just like Rand. And like both of them he was right about a great many things. Also like both Marx and Rand, and countless others, it's in the solution phase that everything breaks down. But like all great thinkers, sane or otherwise, he had a handle on what was wrong. It doesn't mean he's a fool, it just means that he didn't have the answer. He had the same confusion we do. I find that comforting.
OniKensei 9 months ago
There is no country in the world as unique as Japan. I respect the Japanese nation, and i admire the Japanese unique and rich culture.
I'm impressed by the good english of Yukio Mishima san. He had a real good pronounciation. Rip
lily665 9 months ago
Suicide sometimes makes you win. Beautiful quote.
IVomitOnYourGod 9 months ago 9
All this accent discussion is nonsense. For being Japanese, Mishima spoke an excellent English, end of the story. ;-)
Sicofonia 9 months ago 3
they ( Westerners) like to pick at an Asian man's sexuality for some reason especially if they are really talented at something
katietigershark 9 months ago
@katietigershark no "they" dont. Any time someone's sexuality can be exploited "they" do it. I don't know if you noticed but the west has been homosexualized once again in the past 20 years and is hyper aggressively gay. Yukio Mishima is a highly admirable man for manly men. If they can exploit his sexuality to show how great it is to be gay they will do it. Personally, I am a fan of Yukio's, and have no interest in his sexuality outside of the fact that he had a family like real men do.
13anjowizard 8 months ago
I like how they try and portray Mishima as a homosexual because he's an artist, but if he wre not Asian he'd be labeled "talented"
katietigershark 9 months ago
@katietigershark You are just super sensative and anti white, I can show you countless places that these cultural marxists do that to white's as well. They are trying to say Abe Lincoln was gay now for instance. They want to be able to say that about great men to promote the homosexualization and weakening of the warrior. I notice that asians most of the time aren't sensative about race like a black is, but I guess there are exceptions like yourself.
13anjowizard 8 months ago
@13anjowizard rofl! jeez louise, i hope you're trolling.
tylurlee 7 months ago
mmamidget you are a philosopher who reads The Sun?
FotoNathan1 10 months ago
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correct me if im wrong since english is not my my mother tongue, but he obviously learned english from someone with a british accent and not an american or irish, etc. it is rare to see japanese born and raised speaking good english. i saw a show somewhere online and it is obviously why that happens: the native professors of english have a STRONG ACCENT themselves and consequently, the students imitate their sounds just as the professor tell them too.
dekubaner 10 months ago
correct me if im wrong since english is not my my mother tongue, but he obviously learned english from someone with a british accent and not an american or irish, etc. it is rare to see japanese born and raised speaking good english. i saw a show somewhere online and it is obviously why that happens: the native professors of english have a STRONG ACCENT themselves and consequently, the students imitate their sounds just as the professor tell them too.
dekubaner 10 months ago
Thank you for this. I know he hated 'The Sound of Waves,; but this biker loves it. He is my hero, though he should not have deprived us of him so early.
MrPelleas1 10 months ago
When did he have time to learn such great English??!!!??? Please help me discover this.
drewskione 10 months ago
@drewskione i for 1 hear British syntax rather than American
Wantthosedaysback 10 months ago
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JCHComedy 10 months ago
His end was neccesary. Such a powerful image will live forever in the hearts of the Japanese.
Muraku666 10 months ago
I think he knew that there are some discrepancies in his philosophy, and he trid to ignor them. Indeed, he had a really extreme opinion, but he is not so silly that he hasn't realized its fragility. He must have been stuggling with it, and that's why he chose such an audacious end.
yasu2010boston 11 months ago
みしませんせい そんけいしてます やすらかにすごしてください
atopar33 11 months ago
@atopar33 He was an exellent man.
Gloomshadow1 10 months ago
If any need a copy of his last speech I have just written one down for another.
Just message me if you need it.
Regards.
MrJacobfromDenmark 11 months ago
This was one of my favorite films, but Mishima was a walking contradiction: He faked tuberculosis to avoid the draft and perhaps this haunted him for the rest of his life. Instead of actually fighting in the war, he decided to create his own private army in order to restore the emperor to his former position of divinity.
After their defeat at the hands of the allies, and the subsequent post-war consumerist culture that followed, the Japanese people saw a return to such nationalism a joke.
haffaboy7 1 year ago 2
@haffaboy7 As he says in the film, it was more a reaction to the apathy of young people at the time rather than a patriotic desire. He had the right idea but I don't think he really believed he was going to achieve anything. Mishima clearly romanticised death and his obsession with it was probably what pushed him over the edge.
1978deus 11 months ago
Mishima Yukio was one of the most brilliant men that ever roamed Planet Earth.
I will never understand why he chose to die the way he did. Never. Ever. Ever.
He was so intelligent. Nobody can create life. Anybody can create death.
esquibelle 1 year ago
@esquibelle He died because it was better to die for what he belived in than live in dishonor. A very common theme in religions around the world.
Gloomshadow1 10 months ago
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Zenitorful 1 year ago
I read somewhere he spoke german even better than english.
MrCapitalfinal 1 year ago
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SmogHouseTradingCo 1 year ago 14
for me he was a honorable an respectable person... by the way he seems to have german accent, never heard a japanese with that accent, and he lived in tokyo........ weird..,.
medicorene 1 year ago
@medicorene
I think that's actually a British accent.
ElMatadorDeBarcelona 1 year ago 4
The " Sea of Fertility " is in my opinion his masterpiece. These four books are absolutely brilliant, but i still i like Kawabata more.
marigiulio1972 1 year ago 3
he died like a samurai too.... wow
kenyadigthemusic 1 year ago 3
He was just an homo afraid of getting old he said he would kill himself rather than see his body rotting getting old. If fantasised over white European homosexual classical erotica. If you look carefully you will find two films home-made films of him having fun with himself and and a young friend one in the bathroom naked. He says of the make-believe coup d'état it's all just a plan for his dramatic suicide "nobody will remember an old dead man but they will all remember a young dead man."
SawLots 1 year ago
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@SawLots say me say you
Crime1234management 1 year ago
@SawLots
from your self-explanation-like comment i learned what homo sensibility is.
thank you very much!
NippleOfNippon 3 months ago
He is talking about himself subconsciously: " elegance. Emotions. Feminine. Nervous side. Too sensitive. Define. A sense of beauty. Excite. Tired of it. Sudden explosion. Need. Free from it. Completely hidden. I don't like. Flower arrangement. Peace and loving". Disturbed homosexual struggling with his emotions willing to do anything even suicide to prove himself to be what he is not. If this was nowadays he could be easily treated by any run-of-the-mill psychiatrist. Poor tormented man.
Crime1234management 1 year ago
@Crime1234management i dont think he would have accepted any run-of-the-mill-psychiatrist. he might have been a homo afraid of getting old, but he also was one heck of an author. very smart and unbelievably talented.
plus18ification 1 year ago
@plus18ification
He isn't a great author. He is dated you can Google his writings he took European writings and mix them. The proof is in the pudding as they say very few people can tell you anything about his writings because they are forgotten. He is not an intellectual as Pim Fortuyn as right wing Japanese people who ride around in vans with loudspeakers would have you believe.
Crime1234management 1 year ago
@Crime1234management i read most of his books and especially found confessions of a mask, spring snow and golden pavillion to be excellent. Pim Fortuyn was ugly and got his punishment.
plus18ification 1 year ago
@plus18ification
"Pim Fortuyn was ugly" I see your interest is not in his work. They both got their punishment if punishment is what they needed. I Don't Think So. Yukio Mishima, was an exhibitionist. If you was born today he would have been just another Gay Japanese person and he would have been happy. As it was he was just an exhibitionist before his time. Sorry I must go back to work I'm using their terminal through cable.
Crime1234management 1 year ago
@Crime1234management lol, keep it up. you will get fired one day. then you can finally become the criminal you always wanted to.
plus18ification 1 year ago
@plus18ification
Oh a wishing game. Ok what type of criminal? street criminals are only as good as yesterday which is not good for them. A politician criminal mmm money is nice. But I always wanted to be a great lover and like a little puppy devoted I like to stand out as somebody who is trustworthy it's a constant struggle to keep spirit in such a corrupt world. It's the challenge and the constant struggle that I like. So not a criminal. So you want to be a criminal?
Crime1234management 1 year ago
@Crime1234management sometimes yes. it seems to be a more successful way to live than not being criminal nowadays. BUT: im afraid of having to ive in jail. I love freedom and nature and silence. so im not gonna be a criminal either unless politics forces me to become a terrorist.
plus18ification 1 year ago
@plus18ification
You know the most anti-Welsh Irish Scottish people are Welsh and Irish Scottish people who got away from those places. Some of the most violent people towards those people are are of those people. We have a saying about them " cry me a river" because all their problems in life are somebody else's. They never take responsibility for their own doings they are selfish people.
Hey! a secret never to be told OK. watch?v=orHtAhU8qP0
Crime1234management 1 year ago
@plus18ification
watch?v=dfa6Kc8nmkw
nature and silence
watch?v=_cPv3Z1o7fc
Crime1234management 1 year ago
@Crime1234management well...yes...kind of...though i feel like a hippie after watching this. thats terrible. like a nightmare. you wake up and you are a hippie. uaaaaargh. lol but anyway freedom, nature and silence are good things
plus18ification 1 year ago
@plus18ification
Almost Madonna, Kimitaka Hiraoka, imagine a different tune in your head hilarious. "I love me who do you Love" Kimitaka Hiraoka waking up. Hahaha!
watch?v=9A7og7s-vrI
But of course we never should forget what he was promoting 17-year-olds right-wing fanatics.
watch?v=D4KROpdUkrM
Crime1234management 1 year ago
そういえばそうだったなぁと言うのが多々ある
しかし、
frascovictim 1 year ago
his English is so brilliant, so beautiful. How did he learn to speak so perfectly?
drewskione 1 year ago 2
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sigroser 1 year ago
@drewskione because he learnt English? maybe watch the videos from this channel... youtube.com/user/TheJapaneseRocker
and see Japanese singing in English to really blow your mind! (that's sarcasm)
You can also see Mishima's influence on Japanese musicians
sigroser 1 year ago
i clear it___
just matterial&method differnce over world____
peoples back to gesuture____
frascovictim 1 year ago
Yukio Mishima was one of the most fascinating, controversial, and mysterious figures of the 20th century. His writing was extremely elegant. I love his books. Great interview.
asmodeux18 1 year ago 3
its so easy to tell his own death.he is a real man doing wrong thing.
240kankan 1 year ago
Not that his English is anything close to bad, but I think his thoughts deserve the beauty and complexity he masters in his native tounge.
Dejavo 1 year ago 3
what a pimp!
CleanLineFilms 1 year ago
A great author. His sentences are like strings of pearls.
Kedgereeclub 1 year ago 2
to pay atention to the sexual preference of mishima is like the idiot that looks at the finger instead of the moon, that is, the bourgeouis imagination is always mistifying great man. What does it matter if Nietzsche died insane or kierkeggard was impotent or the suposed madness of van gogh and artaud or the bad temper of beethoven, the drinking and drug adiction of kerouac or j. morrison. The petit bourgeouis mentality is too morally and intelectually lazy and coward to look at what it matters.
dionisio454 1 year ago 4
ninjas ftw!
MrSmileyHasABigDong 1 year ago
God, I like this guy!
yoshisuke4u 1 year ago
@yoshisuke4u i hope you dont end up like him.
240kankan 1 year ago
this is mildly disturbing. i never understood his art (i loved his books but they weren't the art that i didn't understand). i always thought of him as, complex. but still, he was an amazing individual.
coldpleh 1 year ago
British English accent makes him sound so refined.
Shanniquitie 1 year ago
Ultimately I think that Mishima Yukio was an artist and he used Japan as a canvas or stage to create his art, much as Sarah Palin is using the United States (though with much, much less beauty and intelligence).
tolstoy1 1 year ago
he was cute as hell
radubradu 1 year ago
too self conscious
0519075130 1 year ago
Where's the honor?
YourUTubeMonitor 1 year ago
His movements with the sword are clumsy, though they follow the correct form. This must have been at the earliest stage of his training.
The irony is that he had a chance to go into the Imperial Army in 1945, and even to volunteer for kamikaze (he was 18 at the time). He faked TB to fail his medical exam. Dodging battle through cowardice is the ultimate shame for a samurai. Over time, this must have overwhelmed him. It probably led directly to his spectacular seppuku in 1970.
zsqpwxxeh 1 year ago
the "faggoty british accent" is way bettern than the extreme american accent
RammsteinToaster 1 year ago 23
@RammsteinToaster yer way better then a fng nazi accent for sure.
indydaisy1 8 months ago
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Rot in hell, you reactionary piece of shit.
MEpianist 1 year ago
@MEpianist : Give 'em hell Helen!
YourUTubeMonitor 1 year ago
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where did he get this faggoty british accent?
jak1428 1 year ago
@jak1428 Where did you get your incredible stupidity and intrusiveness from????!!!
soccerlover1980 1 year ago 2
Britain?
lolwut9495 1 year ago
Perhaps from learning the English language the way it is supposed to be spoken. Germans can be pretty camp with their mannerisms and language, so I don't know what you're talking about ;)
UnyieldingDefiance 1 year ago
@jak1428 - he was bisexual.
shir1999 1 year ago
@jak1428 - your an asshole jak1428.
shir1999 1 year ago
@jak1428 Since after the end of WW2, in Japan, American English has been being prevailing. However, when Mishima was young, British English was prevailing. Hence, it was natural that he spoke in British accent.
mitsubishi777 1 year ago
Present day people completely lost themselves in this material world...
I really adore Yukio's philosophy, material things that are made of that (half enslaved) people can not afford any means of satisfaction (except temporary) ...
TheChronic82 1 year ago 2
excellent video. If only men nowadays woulde take some of the same stances on the world today some of our problems might be solved. one only needs to read Sun and Steel to understand the wisdom he has for todays man.
mmamidget 1 year ago 11
@mmamidget Sorry, suicide and hara-kiri are not honourable. Staying alive and dealing with whatever problems you have is honourable. Its clear from the what he says that he's vain and self-obsessed.
conjoly 9 months ago
@conjoly You just dont understand Japanese mentality. But how could you. 150 yr decadent liberalism vs 40,000 years of tribalism.
markkuwerkko 9 months ago
@conjoly that is something that people just dont seem to understand these days.. i agree with you 100% no matter what you cant give up.. suicide is never the solution i laugh at this idea of it being honorable in any way.. rather its cowardly ....face your problems .. that should be the motto don't run away... if people have problems they should talk to someone about it....
DarkprinX2500 6 months ago
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@DarkprinX2500 i see you are muslim. dont muslims strap bombs to themselves and blow up?
Katsumotothesamurai 6 months ago
pathetic. just because this man is extremely intelligent, people call him homosexual right away. pathetic. the world is dead.
gl0gg 1 year ago
@gl0gg He was a kind of nationalist but I'm not sure his ideas would fit into the current right wing agenda in Japan. Today, they are bullies and thugs, but perhaps Mishima had more grace about him. Great writer either way!
bartonim 1 year ago
@gl0gg you're the one that is pathetic. no one questions his sexuality because of his intelligence but because of a host of actual evidence that he was probably bisexual. you are the only one assuming things simply because you equate homosexuality with something negative.
loironlmalgiordannng 1 year ago
@gl0gg You silly man. Mishima was bisexual.
jrubin68 1 year ago
@gl0gg Well, he did sleep with men. And what's wrong if he was homosexual? he's still talented
EffLabels 1 year ago
I recommend you the reading of "The temple of the golden pavilllion or "The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea" to know more about his artistic personality. If you arte too lazy for that, read his biography by John Nathan or watch "Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters" a film by Paul Schrader.
Tastiroti 2 years ago
I tihink, seroiously, only nonconfromistic personalities, and people with a strong sense of aesthetics can empathize with Mishima (real name: Kimitake Hiraoka). He had no real politic thoughts, He was just an artist who projected his artistic and personal obsessions through his public life. An unhealthy and ultrasensitive artist who turned out to be a real samurai, through sacrifice and willpower.
Tastiroti 2 years ago
OUTSTANDING personality!
differdange08 2 years ago 3
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a lot of samurai in anime look feminine
luxfero 4 years ago
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I always thought he was a tough guy!
At last i can truely understand him! and people question his "sexuality"!
miraoister 4 years ago
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wtf?
jfalksdfjklsadjfklsa 4 years ago
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no matter if people try to deny, yukio was at the lesat bisexual
jfalksdfjklsadjfklsa 4 years ago 4
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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..
Impossible71 4 years ago 11
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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.
davevontexas 4 years ago 19
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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 4 years ago 12
I agree! Mishima is often misunderstood, I think.
rss313 4 years ago 50
@rss313 Yes, most certainly. He represented something not lost from the Japanese character, but perhaps these days repressed. And his candid views are fascinating--being quite nationalist, he still understood the world--admitting to the brutal side of the Japanese. Very good clip!
bartonim 1 year ago
@rss313 Many people may think in that way if they don't understand what he means really.
Have you ever listened to his final speech just before his commitment to suicide? Do you understand Japanese cultural background since Sengoku era? If you can read Japanese, besides reading "Bushido," try 若きサムライのために written by him. Then you may see what I am saying, if not, it's sad but still its your opinion :) Thank you for being interested in Japanese spiritual culture :D
sasa2340 1 year ago
@sasa2340 I'm sorry, you're responding to a comment I left over 2 years ago. What don't I get? I have heard his speech, yes, and can read Japanese but not well enough to tackle a full book of his. So please tell me why you think Mishima was not misunderstood.
rss313 1 year ago
@rss313 Hehe, true. Sorry for responding to a comment posed over two years ago. Well, then I'll talk by the perspectives of the speech. In his speech, he said, "諸君の中に、一人でも俺と一緒に立つやつはいないのか。一人もいないんだな。... まだ諸君は憲法改正のために立ち上がらないと、見極めがついた。” Although this sounds like he was betrayed. Probably he was, however, I'm sure they were going to amend, modify, or rewrite it. Unfortunately, people like him, a prompt, powerful, intelligent leader, is not accepted in Japanese government. You can look up the...
sasa2340 1 year ago
@rss313 the fact...
in current Japanese gov. The Prime Minister and governors in Japan aren't active like the U.S. President at least in the obvious way. Because the most of Japaneses consisting the modern JP were peasant, they tend to render a extremer to ordinary-level one, otherwise, they ignore the one. So, any follower to him in those days would be eliminated from the society. That's why "finally" JP gov. is in action now. It's about time, not misunderstanding if you know "憲法改正案"
sasa2340 1 year ago
@sasa2340 Thank you for your intelligent responses. I think I understand more of what the Tatenokai was attempting that day, though historians still hold it debatable as to whether Mishima actually thought his attempt at coup d'etat would succeed or if he had gone to die. Him saying that he was the only one who'd stand up for imperialism made it look like a suicide mission but its unclear. I don't think my opinion is uninformed but I will look more into the law reform you/he mentioned.
rss313 1 year ago
@sasa2340 Wow, I had responded with a well-thought out comment in Japanese but YT didn't accept it! Thanks for your remarks. I think I understand the Tatenokai a little better now, however I still will have to look at constitutional reform at this time. My opinion isn't as well informed as yours but I do not think it is sad, thank you.
rss313 1 year ago
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.
shionnomama 4 years ago 34
I need some good serious book About Mishima's work on english language. I read a book Confessions of a Mask, but i need some critical works about this writter. Thank you anyway :)
J'ai besoin de quelques bonnes graves propos de Mishima livre ses travaux sur la langue Anglais. J'ai lu un livre Confessions d'un masque, mais j'ai besoin de quelques oeuvres critiques à propos de ce writter. Merci quand même:)
Sektasica 4 years ago 2
The book by Natham,Mishima,is quite good, a lot of important information,and it's general.
operez6 4 years ago 9
Thank you so much for this video. It is great to see the man talk in person. I just finished Confessions of a Mask (in Arabic) today. For the researcher from Serbia, this book might give you some needed autobiographical information.
NihilAdmirari 4 years ago
I want to write some work about this writter but i'm from Serbia.. so if u know some good links about this writter please send me at my e-mail.. thank you:)
Sektasica 4 years ago
Author Bataille and Baudrillard's Symbolic exchange and death,could be helpfull.John Ruskin is very interesting too.Please take a look.
operez6 4 years ago
Write in Google Architectures of sacrifice Ruskin Bataille(and the resistance to utility).You will find some very short and interesting material.
operez6 4 years ago
a great man
citrullaccio 4 years ago 3