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Mitsuyasu Maeno (前野 光保, Maeno Mitsuyasu, c.1947 – March 23, 1976) was a Japanese actor who appeared in roman porno films as Soichiro Maeno (前野 霜一郎, Maeno Sōichirō). Outside of acting, Maeno was associated with the Japanese ultranationalist movement.
Jul 12, 2016 · Mitsuyasu Maeno was a right-wing ultranationalist who flew his plane into the house of Yoshio Kodama, a powerful and corrupt politician and gangster in 1976. He was influenced by the writer Yukio Mishima and the Lockheed bribery scandals that exposed Kodama's betrayal of Japan.
Dec 21, 2021 · Mitsuyasu Maeno approached a right-wing organization with a similar ideology to kill Yoshio Kodama. Maeno earned his living by acting in soft-core pornographic movies.
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Jul 20, 2023 · Following the Lockheed bribery scandal in 1976, disgruntled nationalist Mitsuyasu Maeno crashed a plane into Yoshio Kodama’s Tokyo residence in an unsuccessful assassination attempt. The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images
Mar 23, 1976 · A police investigation tentatively identified the pilot as Mitsuyasu Maeno. He was killed instantly. Mr. Kodama escaped unhurt, though his home was set afire.
When Emperor Hirohito surrendered in 1945, Admiral Matome Ugaki - the head of Japan's men's missile corps - took a suicide flight with 22 subordinates to disappear into the sea and die like samurais. But this was not the last kamikaze, but the actor Mitsuyasu Maeno, who plunged into a yakuza's house with a Piper Cherokee in 1976.
Mitsuyasu Maeno (前野 光保, Maeno Mitsuyasu, c.1947 – March 23, 1976) was a Japanese actor who appeared in roman porno films as Soichiro Maeno (前野 霜一郎, Maeno Sōichirō). Outside of acting, Maeno was associated with the Japanese ultranationalist movement.
