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Tokyo, Japan - CIRCA 1968: Poet, author, actor, playwright, novelist and head of the Tatenokai (his private army) Yukio Mishima (Kimitake Hiraoka)poses in his military uniform while reviewing his troops circa 1968 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

Tokyo, Japan - CIRCA 1968:  Poet, author, actor, playwright, novelist and head of the Tatenokai (his private army) Yukio Mishima (Kimitake Hiraoka)poses in his military uniform while reviewing his troops circa 1968 in Tokyo, Japan.  (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

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JAPAN - JANUARY 01: Portrait of the Japanese writer Yukio MISHIMA in late 1970. That same year, the writer committed suicide in Tokyo, in the office of a highly placed officer within the Japanese army. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

JAPAN - JANUARY 01:  Portrait of the Japanese writer Yukio MISHIMA in late 1970. That same year, the writer committed suicide in Tokyo, in the office of a highly placed officer within the Japanese army.  (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

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FRANCE - OCTOBER 05: Yukio Mishima, a drawing by Kyoko. (Photo by Marc GANTIER/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

FRANCE - OCTOBER 05:  Yukio Mishima, a drawing by Kyoko.  (Photo by Marc GANTIER/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)