In 1960, Japanese politician Inejirō Asanuma was ran through with a sword on live television.

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image showing In 1960, Japanese politician Inejirō Asanuma was ran through with a sword on live television.

LMAOwhataloseryouare on August 4th, 2021 at 13:59 UTC »

Woah what's the back story on this?

PioneerStandard on August 4th, 2021 at 14:18 UTC »

Yasushi Nagao won a Pulitzer Prize for capturing the photo.

UncleAl_2020 on August 4th, 2021 at 18:11 UTC »

When I see shit like this it makes me think of how utterly terrifying and brutal sword fighting was.

Let's go to war with giant super sharp knives.

Yea, fuck that