"His usual rather weak features had taken on a manly, resolute look. His eyebrows were drawn together, his gaze was sharp... a young soldier's prepared for battle."
"Mishima had transformed himself into a beefcake, often pictured nude, or nearly so, and with a sword in hand, desperately trying to look fierce."
"In one image, the novelist has a hatchet in his skull; in others, he is drowning in mud... or has been run over by a cement truck."
"He entered a military base in Tokyo, hoping to stir up an imperialist coup. When the soldiers jeered at him, Mishima killed himself."
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