"True beauty is something that attacks, overpowers, robs, and finally destroys." This important 20th-century author wrote The Temple of the Golden Pavilion and later became radicalized, taking a military commandant hostage.

The poet, playwright, model, and actor, Yukio Mishima, authored such famous works as Confessions of a Mask and The Sea of Fertility. He became a controversial figure in Japan for the right-wing politics he espoused, and he ended his life in dramatic fashion after taking a military commandant hostage and making a rousing speech intended to encourage the Japan Self-Defense Forces to rise up. He then committed seppuku after shouting, "Long live the emperor!"

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