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When ultra-nationalist Yoshio Kodama was attacked by disaffected erotic actor Mitsuyasu Maeno in a kamikaze-style plane crash on his home in Tokyo on 24th March, 1976, it came as a surprise even to Maeno\u2019s friends, who had photographed him, dressed as a World War Two pilot, taking to the skies.\n\nThe bizarre event, in which Maeno died but Kodama survived, took place whilst Japan was reeling from \u2018The Lockheed Scandal\u2019, whereby it emerged that, for 18 years, the American company Lockheed had been bribing Japanese officials to buy their products - with Kodama, a convicted war criminal, as their insider.\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly explain why even some of Kodama\u2019s supporters would have sympathised with Maeno\u2019s extreme actions; ask whether his appearance in \u2018Tokyo Emmanuelle\u2019 truly means Maeno should be described as a \u2018porn star\u2019; and reveal how Maeno blagged his way behind the wheel of a rented aircraft to commit his attack\u2026\xa0\nFurther Reading:\n\u2022 \u2018When a Porn Star Crashed His Plane into a Crime Boss\u2019s Home in Japan\u2019 (Medium, 2021): https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/when-a-porn-star-crashed-his-plane-into-a-crime-bosss-home-in-japan-54de7ce3f7c0\n\u2022 \u2018Japan Seeks Motive in Crash Into Lockheed Agent's Dome\u2019 (The New York Times, 1976): https://www.nytimes.com/1976/03/24/archives/japan-seeks-motive-in-crash-into-lockheed-agents-home.html\n\u2022 \u2018The Man Who Kamikazed a Yakuza Don's Mansion\u2019 (Oki\u2019s Weird Stories, 2019): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4ecWb2cCDc\nFor bonus material and to support the show, visit\xa0Patreon.com/Retrospectors\nWe'll be back tomorrow! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts:\xa0podfollow.com/Retrospectors\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Emma Corsham.\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2022.\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices