num_pages: 421
description: Isao is a young, engaging patriot, and a fanatical believer in the ancient samurai ethos. He turns terrorist, organising a violent plot against the new industrialists, who he believes are threatening the integrity of Japan and usurping the Emperor's rightful power. As the conspiracy unfolds and unravels, Mishima brilliantly chronicles the conflicts of a decade that saw the fabric of Japanese life torn apart.
language: English
title: Runaway Horses
titlecomplete: Runaway Horses
characters: Isao Iinuma, Shigeyuki Iinuma, Shigekuni Honda
genres: 20th Century, Literature, Asian Literature, Classics, Japan, Novels, Asia, Japanese Literature, Historical Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 7017
places: Osaka, Japan
series: The Sea of Fertility
publisher: Charles E. Tuttle Company