Mishima is a leading Japanese author, author of The Temple of the Golden Pavilion, famous for having committed seppuku (suicide by the samuraï sword) to honour his nationalist ideals. He incarnates those who take what they think, write and say seriously.
Philip Glass wrote a beautiful score inspired by Mishima. A beautiful rendition is by the Kronos Quartet. A favourite passage is from the String Quartet no. 5: V.