Witness History: Archive 2014 - The Death of Yukio Mishima

On 25 November 1970 the acclaimed Japanese author and film-maker Yukio Mishima killed himself in a very public way. Listen to his friend and biographer Harry Scott Stokes remembering the man and his beliefs.

(Photo: Yukio Mishima with some of his young followers. Credit: AFP)

Published on Tuesday, 25th November 2014.

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