Japanese literature volcanic island, close to Kagoshima, on the southern tip of the Kyushu island. Osamu Dazai's novel "The Setting Sun" tells of a soldier returning from Manchukuo. Shōhei Ōoka won the Yomiuri Prize for his novel "Fires on the Plain" about a Japanese deserter going mad in the Philippine jungle. Yukio Mishima, well known for both his nihilistic writing and his controversial suicide by seppuku, began writing in the post-war period. Nobuo Kojima's short story "The American School" portrays a group of Japanese teachers of English who, in the immediate aftermath of the war, deal with the American occupation in varying
Deadman (band) Mako's lyrics usually touch on the "psychological instability of mankind, the mortality of humans, and religion", particularly Christianity and Shintoism references are made often. The title of their album "701125" is a reference to the date author Yukio Mishima died, November 25, 1970. Deadman (band) Deadman (stylized as deadman) was a Japanese rock band founded in Nagoya in 2000. The group gained notoriety for popularizing the nagoya kei subgenre of visual kei, which is a lot "darker" than most and focuses more on musical composition. Deadman also quickly became known for Mako's heavily melancholic lyrical themes, with the music itself