![]() His name most often shows up in lists, tied to two others. Sadao Hasegawa is another name in a long list of iconic creators who have shaped and changed their culture. It’s a good piece of neo-noir, worth seeking out.įor more Tadanori Yokoo, see some of the recent posts by Will at A Journey Round My Skull. The halls of queer history are filled with art. Ken Takakura reprised his gangster persona in that film, along with Robert Mitchum. By convoluted coincidence, Schrader received his start in Hollywood ten years earlier with a co-written screenplay, The Yakuza, which Sidney Pollack directed. Yokoo regarded Mishima as a major influence and further cemented the relationship by making an appearance in Paul Schrader’s 1985 film, Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters. One of these from 1966 is dedicated to Mishima, while the one above shows actor Ken Takakura in one of his many yakuza roles. ![]() Searching around earlier turned up a nice collection of poster works by the great Japanese collage artist, Tadanori Yokoo. The Ballad To a Severed Little Finger (1966). ![]() The French twist the title into “forbidden loves” and in so doing lose Mishima’s punning subtlety. I included this photograph in the very first posting which examines the recurrence of Flandrin’s Jeune Homme Assis au Bord de la Mer but this is the first time I’ve seen it used on a book cover. Wilhelm von Gloeden‘s version of the Flandrin pose as it appears on the cover of a 1989 Gallimard edition of Forbidden Colours by Yukio Mishima.
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