thirst for love by yukio mishima ⋆.°🦋༘⋆ i'm deep into the story of Etsuko as she faces her inner demons and lives with the numb submission towards her father-in-law, right after her (philandering) husband's death; despite her growing feelings for the indifferent yet attractive the servant boy named Saburo, Etsuko describes in detail the darkness brewing inside her and how she feels she has no other choice but to 'drink seawater' or accept what fate has given her 😬 the stunning writing style of

Paul Schrader directed Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985), a biographical film about the life and work of Japanese writer Yukio Mishima. Schrader crafted the film by interweaving scenes from Mishima’s life with dramatizations of his novels, blending black-and-white and color cinematography to differentiate between the real and fictional worlds. It was a perfect way to handle telling this fascinating individual’s story, as the line between fiction and reality was getting blurry for him in hi