American Mishima

When Words Cut Deeper Than Swords I write them down. -Rosas2009

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Sunday, March 29, 2015

Honoring Japanese Americans at JACCC's Vietnam Memorial

Seen here on the 50th anniversary of the US Marine Expeditionary Force Landing at Da Nang Republic of Vietnam, is the newly completed Vet...

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Japan's New Izumo Carrier Gets Commissioned

After lengthy sea trials, the JMSDF commissioned it's newest class of "Helicopter Destroyer" carrier DDH-181 Izumo in a for...

Thursday, March 19, 2015

New Video from the Tsubaki Grand Shrine

Tsubaki Grand Shrine - Setsubun 2015 from Alex Williams on Vimeo . For those of you who have never attended a Shinto Ceremony especial...

Saturday, March 14, 2015

American Mishima Looks at The Eternal Zero

In an era where many new big budget war films have been produced in Japan, none other has hit home so personally than Japan's latest ...

Friday, March 6, 2015

New American Mishima Book Release!

This week, we are proud to announce the release of our 5th book and first entry into the the Science Fiction Genre by American Mishima aut...

Another Encouter with the A6M-Zero Fighter

This past week, we ventured north to Camarillo to visit the Commemorative Air Force's Southern California Wing's Military Warplan...

Sunday, March 1, 2015

Meet Retired Captain William Albracht: Former Green Beret & Author

This past weekend, we had the distinct honor and privilege of meeting former U.S. Army Green Beret Captain William Albracht, the commandi...

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About Me

lasamurai: Little Tokyo, California, United States; “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.”

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