Mitsuyasu Maeno
Japanese actor and failed assassin (1946–1976)
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- Mitsuyasu Maeno ( 前野 光保 , Maeno Mitsuyasu ; c.
- Outside of acting, Maeno was associated with the Japanese ultranationalist movement.
- Maeno attempted to kill Kodama by flying a plane into his home, but Kodama survived uninjured.
- He attended classes in acting at the University of California in 1967.
- His troubled personal life also included a suicide attempt.
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WikipediaMitsuyasu Maeno (前野 光保, Maeno Mitsuyasu; c. 1946 – 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. In March 1976, he carried out a suicide attack on Yoshio Kodama, a multi-millionaire right-wing leader and leading figure in the Lockheed bribery scandals. Maeno attempted to kill Kodama by flying a plane into his home, but Kodama survived uninjured.
Soichiro Maeno was born Mitsuyasu Maeno in 1946. He attended classes in acting at the University of California in 1967. Maeno was married twice, both marriages ending in divorce. His troubled personal life also included a suicide attempt.
According to his father, Maeno came under the influence of the right-wing and ultranationalistic philosophies of the writer Yukio Mishima. In November 1970, Mishima had attempted to incite the Self-Defense Forces to overthrow the 1947 Constitution of Japan. When his efforts to restore Japan to a wartime samurai ethic failed, Mishima performed ritual suicide.
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