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
Yukio Futatsugi Yukio Futatsugi Yukio Futatsugi is a Japanese video game developer. His work includes leading the teams which created Sega Saturn games "Panzer Dragoon", "Panzer Dragoon II Zwei", and "Panzer Dragoon Saga", and Xbox title "Phantom Dust". He is the co-founder of video game development company Grounding Inc who developed "Crimson Dragon". Yukio Futatsugi grew up in Kobe, Japan, where he attended high school. While spending a year in San Francisco at primary school age he fell in love with games such as "Pong" and "Space Invaders", and later decided to pursue a career in video games over his other hobby,