This is the first of a two-part series on the author, poet, actor, model and crypto-fascist Yukio Mishima. Today we follow Mishima's early life and career as a national, and eventually international, sensation.   Today's guest is Josh Scalf. You can find him on Twitter @jwscalf, you can find his beautiful bird family @SomeRowdyBirbs, and you can find his viral video content on his YouTube page.   For more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app.   Sources:

• The Strange Tale of Yukio Mishima - 1985 BBC Documentary
• Yukio Mishima: The strange tale of Japan’s infamous novelist - Thomas Graham, BBC
• The Political Afterlives of Yukio Mishima - Gavin Walker, Jacobin
• Wikipedia