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Phil_Salamander ago

Brutal. Is there a story behind this? Was that asshole trying to bring communism to Japan?

Rainy-Day-Dream ago

ah and Yamaguchi the one with the sword was thrown in prison where he killed himself after writing I did it for the Emperor on the wall. A true hero that saved his countries future

LiberationArtFront ago

The kid, does a mob hit and rips out his guts for some fucking inbred monarch...tell me why a Europe that suffered under Fascism and the Tsars, why an America that found and died to defeat another Monarchy the British Empire should worship this retarded stupidity...the retard is dead is he not? that name...maybe they were more afraid of the Mob not just Socialists taking power? sounds like an Osaka mob hit? were they rightwing or yakuza retards?....the footage captures it all perfectly, violent, retarded and juvenile

Rainy-Day-Dream ago

Yamaguchi ultimately saved his country, regrdless of his motives. Honestly the japanese royalty haven't even had much power since he shogunate took power and they didn't regain power when the shogun lost it, "for the emperor" probably meant for his country or it's traditions if I had to guess

Wahaha ago

Emperor only lost power again after WWII, but lots of people still supported him long after that. Sure, the Emperor may have been kind of a puppet after the Shogunate, but a needed one, since the people where behind him. To the point where even pictures of him where treated special. Since this Yamaguchi guy was a kid, "for the emperor" probably means just that. For the iconic figure he worships.

Rainy-Day-Dream ago

yeah that's how I took it, I doubt Otoya actually knew the emperor or took orders from him he probably did this for the idea of him and what he represents which to yamaguchi was japan

LiberationArtFront ago

The reason I mentioned the 'yamaguchi' name is it represents mob just like Gambino Gotti represent names of Italian mob families or bind Laden or Khomeni represent names of islamo terrorists.... 'yamaguchi' is a name that sets off red flags and alarms...not sure if the mob were involved to get the LDP an un-interupted run, but it would not surprise if his family were yakuza connected.

LiberationArtFront ago

Then it seems you know little of Japan afterall. Talk with others there are many Japanese who lived through this period, otherwise you are a train stuck on the one railway track going around in circles. As they say 井の中 の蛙大海を知 らず

Rainy-Day-Dream ago

the emperor was no more than a figurehead during the Tokugawa shogunate, the title had some backing again in imperial japan, but lost it when japan tried to set up a more westernized representative government