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After the Banquet

A restaurant owner's marriage to an idealistic politician turns private appetite into public conflict, as money and ambition press against deeply held principles.

Nonfiction

Forbidden Colors

Yukio Mishima

Beauty becomes a source of longing, power and hostility in modern Japan, where concealed desire draws people into a fraught emotional struggle.

Literary fiction

Screen adaptation

Runaway Horses

Yukio Mishima

An Osaka judge sees a dead friend's spirit in a younger man, as radical conviction and reincarnation unsettle his understanding of modern Japan.

Nonfiction

Screen adaptation

Spring Snow

Yukio Mishima

In the aristocratic Tokyo of 1912, desire collides with social expectation, beginning Mishima's expansive exploration of memory, identity and reincarnation.

Literary fiction

The Decay of the Angel

Yukio Mishima

An elderly Honda adopts an orphan he believes is reincarnated, bringing Mishima's cycle to a disturbing encounter with the uncertainties of modern Japan.

Literary fiction

Screen adaptation

The Sound of the Waves

Yukio Mishima

Two young lovers in a fishing community confront rumours and social expectations, while the rhythms of work and the sea shape their first love.

Nonfiction

The Temple of Dawn

Yukio Mishima

A Japanese lawyer becomes fascinated by a Thai princess, pursuing a belief in reincarnation that transforms his understanding of desire and identity.

Nonfiction

Screen adaptation

The Temple of the Golden Pavilion

Yukio Mishima

A young man's fascination with Kyoto's Golden Pavilion grows destructive, turning the pursuit of perfect beauty into a struggle over possession and selfhood.

Nonfiction

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