You and I must watch similar things to get recommended this haha

Did you recieve his ritual suicide video before this one?

Just popped up in my feed. First tge seppaku then this. Lol.

Third Positionists like this guy, thanks KZfaq for encouraging my anti-NeoLiberalism.

Then another generation will have the privilege to be introduced to Mishima.

Well, he certainly believed that the Samurai were objectively better people. Samurai viewed themselves as a special class to whom everything was permitted, including chopping up peasants for some perceived insult. They were horrible people.

You just basically copied the above comment you twit.

He was truly a refined gentleman.

@@StopFear not all of them were bad people a samurai had the law to kill civilians if they pleased but that doesn’t mean they all did

@@StopFear >Well, he certainly believed that the Samurai were objectively better people. Samurai viewed themselves as a special class to whom everything was permitted, including chopping up peasants for some perceived insult. Based

Fluent in French too! The man had a fabulous intellect...

That leaded him to a suicide. Illness is not genius.

Gigi Malvassora He was a traditionalist and imperialist with samurai ancestry. Why are you surprised that he’d commit seppuku when it’s a part of their tradition, especially after his coup attempt failed? You can’t deny his talent as an author, poet, filmmaker, etc. regardless of his radical views. He was extremely talented.

+Operation Casual Gigistein to understand a samurai !?

Memorizing a language doesn't make you smart, Smart is being able to process information not remember it

He sounds almost British.

@@timepoet77 he really does. That posh British accent from the 50s.

@@mingyuhuang8944 u mad bro

@@mingyuhuang8944 His politics are retrospectively despicable, sure. But you have to remember the era in which he was raised and the culture whereto he felt he profoundly belonged. I think his ideas were horrid, and I shan't sympathize. However, you cannot discredit his genius by acknowledging his ridiculous politics.

@@mingyuhuang8944 I agree, of course. But then there's the romance of it, and it cannot be ignored.

Legendary book currently in the 2nd chapter

@@alijack4998 which book is that from?

@@johnrosser9747 confessions of a mask

A great man once said, “your penis was once inside your mother.”

@@tenzingrigyal7969 Another great man once said "You can learn a lot by a persons KZfaq comment......." ;)

There's a French interview with him on KZfaq

His French is PERFECT!

He does speak French ^^

@@mickdunn8423 No, I wouldn't say his French is perfect, but it's good for a third language.

@@mingyuhuang8944 chinese mad

Beautifully said.

Not really, he used the guise of 'samurai spirit' to make up for his own insecurities. What an idiot.

@@pedrogonzales4364 cringe

Jem Mor being a fan of Mishima is very cringe

Trying to understand Mishima with the mindset of someone colonized by consumerist "virtues", with all its pettiness and superficiality and shit, will take you to the idea that he did all he did because he was "insecure" and/or "mentally ill". They reduce Mishima and his frustrations over the direction Japan was headed to a personality problem. I notice that these people do that with anyone that does anything or think anything outside of the norm.

It’s because you don’t understand or care for history.

"glimpses of the future"

And today we need to learn what Japanese culture is truly about again, after it was lost

He can speak english but not fluent

May I ask you something? Is it true that Y.Mishima at a certain point was writing more in Kanji as he did not use the simplified version of the written language?

@@denisghirardello8279 Hello, I looked into your question. After WW2, America wanted to abolish written Japanese and change everything into alphabets but they decided not to. But we went through the somewhat simplified version of kanji(Chinese characters) and decrease the number of kana. Mishima did not like this movement, so he kept on using the older version of Japanese. When we buy Mishima's literature now, they are in the modern kana usage (現代仮名遣い）but Mishima wrote in the historic kana usage (歴史的仮名遣い）. We can all read them in the old form but many kanjis can be difficult to read because we did not learn them in school. He was just writing in the historic kana form. So, your question is correct but Mishima did not do it at one point. He always used the historic kana form because he was educated that way and he did not like the modern form which started in 1946. The simplified kanji is not overly simplified like the Chinese ones in China. I am glad they did not do so because we can still pretty much guess the complicated version of the kanji. We can all read the historic version of Mishima once we get used to it but it may be tricky in the beginning.

Native English speaker here. Mishima speaks excellent English. He uses vocabulary many native speakers wouldn't use while talking. He sounds professional, confident, and intelligent. Of course, I can tell right away he is not a native English speaker, but who cares? He's fluent if you ask me.

Eric Roberts There must be then a particular set of vocabulary words reserved for non-native speakers. I assume you wouldn’t dare using the words that Mishima employed lest be called a non-native speaker. Watch out! Don’t ruin your reputation as a native speaker.

Antonio Inoki

hahaahah

He was gay

@@salutaldegrandfan6171 Yes, but not a propagandist.

He is just an insane dude.

True Japanese patriot and samurai

I’m trying the opposite. I gotta say your language is damn challenging. It’s going to take me a while to get even a little bit good at it.

Lmao why the fuck are the people in the comments praising and even worshiping a crazy retarded psycho who tried to ruin Japan all over again by bringing it back to imperialism and empirical domination. Clearly the majority of the world understands that this man brain is about as smart as a pigeon since he thinks he understands alot about Japan and Japanese culture but then he used a katana to commit seppuku hahahaha wtf he doesn't even know that seppuku is a ritual that is only made to be done with a tanto(short sword/blade) so it's quick and does not hurt. What a worthless man, thank fuck he killed himself or else who knows how many people would've gotten murdered by him.zzzzzz

@@mingyuhuang8944 damn dude, chill. youve been commenting the same thing on almost any comment

@@mingyuhuang8944 strong revulsion instilled in low people like you always surrounds great men

@bobagopaaa that slayed my sides

he speaks great english for a foreigner, he does not speak better english than 90% of native speakers

"But like the author of 'Hagakure', I was born in the wrong era. I'll probably die in bed, after a life spent dreaming of a different end."

Scotsman: Sounds much like when I was reminded of home.

Oh my, I love how you use the line on "e" People keep saying "saki and ramen"

PGTH English Dub: hold my rainbowtia cats

Not only Japanese anyway. Some can speak English fluently ,some not. This goes for everywhere .

nyahello

Well, he was very well read, and like anyone with a tad bit of intellect read the first few chapters of the foreign language manual that he was using, in which the phonology of the foreign language is explained. How hard could it be? He probably met a diplomat in Japan and exchange a few words. I mean, when you want to learn something well, you go out of your ways to find means.

When you're born rich, it's not that hard to find education. -surprise Pikachu face-

@@lepauvrehomme Ok, now you do the same with Japanese. And please upload a vid with the amazing results.

@@roel.vinckens must I?

@@lepauvrehomme just say you cant and go.

@Susan the fat Ugly SJW I'm Japanese/Irish. And you are....fat & ugly? Don't be so hard on yourself. More to love, the better,

@@brianflynn5355 you are chinese

so for that matter is Japanese. 3 nasal phones and nasalized vowels in some phonetic contexts

It's pretty obvious he's trying to adopt a kind of aristocratic English accent, like many people do when speaking another language

That's right, because he's not speaking Japanese. Do you know what code-switching is?

no shit Sherlock, people sound different when speaking different languages

Good linguists are good mimics. His accent also largely depends upon the environment in which he learnt English.

yup, good thing he departed very early.

Why would he be decieved?

he saw where Japan was headed he was a true conservative, in that he saw something he loved slipping away, and he tried to defend it

By all means, don't fret insulting modern japan.

I'm Japanese. I agree with you; he will do harakiri again if he is alive today.

Based

Nietzschean affirmation

ultranationalism? if only dude

You should respect all of them

@@myomusic9626 Why?

@@Johnny-mp2ew Because there is nothing wrong with it

@@myomusic9626 Even if they're gay like Mishima?

@@Mutterschwein he was t a homosexual just a bit confused that’s all

top 10 without a doubt

I cant. Really.

@@tejassingh6800 ok

His intelligence was negated by the sheer stupidity of his death.

He’s educated, not intelligent.

@@fightme8859 he was also intelligent. His books proved that.

I think this is the oldest comment I've ever seen

@@salj.5459 the same

He was a true artist.

Reed Jones haha amirite epic dum american im a lot better then all of them ahah :)

Haha, I’m American, and I agree, but it’s just California that’s retarded. (LA specifically)

If that ain't the truth

@@nitrous_god no don't disrespect my city and state

So does almost everyone!

Snow is a hard read, but worth the effort. The end was a perfect crescendo, though I have to say Horses takes the crescendo and turns it into a slow and glorious implosion.

@Illiterati Work for it.

Judging and discarding literature based on your own personal politics is retarded.

How is he hated? He's celebrated here in Japan

You should write a book

Samurai roamed the countryside slaughtering peasants and merchants indiscriminately and completely legally (practice of Tsushigama) or for any perceived slight of honor (the samurai could use his servants and family as "witnesses" to any perceived dishonor from those he murdered). There is a reason Japan suppressed and rejected its bloodthirsty thug-caste of killers multiple times throughout its history, well before the "evil white man" clapped samurai cheeks in the Pacific.

It certainly works with creditors & the IRS.

@@brianflynn5355 Hhahahahahaha

You can't be a genius if you're not a bit ''shaked''.

i'm japanese and love and respect him too.but i don't feel sad his early death at all.you say" I wish he could have found happiness in life" and most people say that same thing like you.but you know what? what is the exactly HIS happiness,hope,and dream in entire life? is no doubt to be hero by heroic death and he actually did it.though most people cannot do,but he did dream come true.ordinaly people's happiness and his is completely different.so we shoudn't feel sad his death and just need to think what his real message is.he would rather prefer that way than we fell sad.sorry if i'm offensive and don't misunderstand me i really love mishima fan too.

I see what you are saying. It was his own vision for his own life. However, there was very little that was heroic about his death. He failed his objective, and then suffered a painful, humiliating death (due to his friend's failure to decapitate him). I think the fact that he even wanted these things was sign of his mental illness, or at least a lack of peace between him and the outer world. I just wish that he could have found peace in his life, so that he could have lived longer and continued to give us brilliant stories. Don't worry, I'm not at all offended by your comment! You have a different, optimistic interpretation of his life. There is nothing wrong with that!

+manana hasta Spot on ! Our european way of life...once

So wrong. The cult of happiness leads only to meaningless misery.

In Japanese culture suicide is a much different thing, you must realize. Mishima found his happiness in his suicide. He knew he would not succeed, but he hated seeing himself get older and he believed in restoring the empire to it's pre-WWII position, something he was passionate about and would die for. In a world of meaninglessness he created his own meaning.

I have similar sentiments and in many ways, in my view, he epitomizes Japanese culture and our western view of it.

What is there to loathe ?

More like people are looking for stupid excuses to go on living.

Pick up one of his books, hes a good writer.

He was a far-right nationalist