Thirst for Love pre-Oedipal complex running through this and several other Mishima texts. "Thirst for Love" was translated into English by Alfred H. Marks (Alfred A. Knopf, 1969). On November 25, 1970, Mishima committed suicide. A paperback edition was released July 1971 from Berkley Books. "Ai no Kawaki" was made into a 1967 film with the same title, directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara, with Ruriko Asaoka playing Etsuko. Thirst for Love Thirst for Love (or 愛の渇き, Ai no Kawaki) is a 1950 novel by the Japanese writer Yukio Mishima. The word "kawaki" literally means "thirst", but has a sense of parched dryness associated with
Mishima Taisha Mishima Taisha The is a Shinto shrine in the city of Mishima in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is the "ichinomiya" of former Izu Province. The main festival of the shrine is held annually on August 16, and features "yabusame" performances. The primary "kami" of Mishima Taisha is the , an amalgamation of and his consort Mishima Taisha also has numerous small subsidiary shrines dedicated to various "kami" within its precincts. The date of Mishima Taisha’s foundation is unknown. Per shrine tradition and Nara period records, the predecessor of the shrine was originally located on Miyakej-ima but was transferred later from