Born as the son of a local nobleman who raised the family.
Osamu’s family was so large that he later bought a position as a member of the National Assembly with money.
Osamu finds out about this later and lives with embarrassment about his family.
He fell in love with communism and became a left-wing activist.
However, when his older brother (Osamu’s father was already dead at this time) declared that he would cut off all financial support if he did not stop his leftist activities.
He stopped all sports activities and was left with the shame of having abandoned his colleagues for the rest of his life.
Later on, I become a novelist.
It doesn’t take long after I debut
The appendicitis he had undergone surgery developed into peritonitis, and he was recuperated in the hospital for three months.
Meanwhile, he became addicted to Fabinal, which was used as a painkiller.
Fabinal poisoning recurred and he was admitted to the hospital two more times.
Symptoms of drug addiction worsen even after discharge.
His colleagues around him were worried about Osamu, so they lied and said he was receiving treatment to treat tuberculosis.
forcibly
Admitted to a psychiatric ward.
Completely cured and discharged after one month
Osamu described his feelings at that time as follows:
“It seems like he doesn’t even think of me as a human being. “I lost my value as a human being.”
This experience had a great influence on the work No Longer Human.
Osamu’s writing contains many elements criticizing self-contradiction.