lasamurai

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Gender	Male
Location	Little Tokyo, California, United States
Introduction	“American Mishima” is the work of Louis Rosas, the son of Mexican Immigrants, whose father served in Vietnam for the US Army and who grew up on glamorized war films and military aviation in the sleepy seaside plains of Oxnard, Calif. With an early fascination of the Second World War embedded in his young mind during the post-Vietnam era, it was his exposure to Akira Kurosawa's samurai epic Ran (Toho, 1985) that changed his views of war while creating a lasting impression of Japanese culture and history. Further inspired by the works of Japanese writer Yukio Mishima, Rosas would go on to study Japanese language and swordsmanship, which led him to the practice of Shingon Buddhism and Shinto. Rosas is also a former student of Shinkendo, the ideal and practice of the samurai code of Bushido in the modern world, which helped shape the creative force that is “American Mishima.”
Interests	Japan, Japanese Cooking, Culture, History, Koyasan Buddhism, Kendo, Noh Theater, Kabuki, Samurai, Shinkendo, Shinto, Toyama Ryu, Warring States Period
Favorite Movies	Isoroku Yamamoto, Oba-The Last Samurai, Otoko tachi no Yamato, Ore Kime, Ran, Tasogare Seibei, Sengoku Jeitai 1549
Favorite Music	Ludwig Van Beethoven, Gothic, World, Bauhaus, Bowie, Dead Can Dance, Yoshida Brothers
Favorite Books	Kami no Michi, Runaway Horses, Shinto Norito, Spring Snow