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Amakasu Masahiko

Amakasu Masahiko was a Japanese Lieutenant in charge of a detachment of military police during the Great Kanto Earthquake. On September 16, 1923, Noe Itou, Sakae Osugi and his nephew were killed by Amakasu Masahiko's detachment, as a result of goverment paranoia and fear that they would use the oppertunity to overthrow the goverment.

At the court martial, Amakasu was sentenced to serve 10 years in Chiba Prison.

Because he had served in a very good attitude and there were an amnesty by the |Imperial family's happy event, he was released from prison at the end of a drastically shortened three-year prison term. After that, Amakasu went to France and later took power over Manchuria as a wirepuller and a director of Manchuria Movie Association. Shortly before Soviet forces invaded Shinkyō, the capital of Manchukuo, he killed himself by taking potassium cyanide in August, 1945. Amakasu is the personae of the film, "The Last Emperor," and was depicted as shooting himself to death in the movie.

References

The life of Noe Itou (Harumi Setouchi's novel Bi wa rantyou ni ari at Fukuoka Prefectural Itoshima High School); the text of this entry was largely excerpted from this source.

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+'''Amakasu Masahiko''' was a [[Japan]]ese [[Lieutenant]] in charge of a detachment of military police during the [[Great Kanto Earthquake]]. On [[September 16]], [[1923]], [[Noe Ito]]u, [[Sakae Osugi]] and his nephew were killed by Amakasu Masahiko's detachment, as a result of goverment paranoia and fear that they would use the oppertunity to overthrow the goverment.
-'''Amakasu Masahiko''' was a Lieutenant in charge of a detachment of military police during the Great Kanto Earthquake.  On September 16, Noe Itou, Sakae Ousugi and his nephew were killed by Amakasu Masahiko's detachment, as a result of goverment paranoia and fear that they would use the oppertunity to overthrow the goverment.
 At the court martial, Amakasu was sentenced to serve 10 years in Chiba Prison.
-Because he had served in a very good attitude and there were an amnesty by the Imperial family's happy event, he was released from prison at the end of a drastically shortened three-year prison term. After that, Amakasu went to France and later took power over Manchuria as a wirepuller and a director of Manchuria Movie Association. Shortly before Soviet Forces invaded Sinkyo, the capital of Manchuria, he killed himself by taking potassium cyanide in August, 1945. Amakasu is the personae of the film, "Last Emperor," and was depicted as shooting himself to death in the movie.
+Because he had served in a very good attitude and there were an amnesty by the [[Emperor of Japan||Imperial family]]'s happy event, he was released from prison at the end of a drastically shortened three-year prison term. After that, Amakasu went to [[France]] and later took power over [[Manchuria]] as a wirepuller and a director of Manchuria Movie Association. Shortly before [[Red Army|Soviet forces]] invaded [[Changchun|Shinkyō]], the capital of [[Manchukuo]], he killed himself by taking [[potassium cyanide]] in August, [[1945]]. Amakasu is the personae of the film, "[[The Last Emperor]]," and was depicted as shooting himself to death in the movie.
 ==References==
 * [http://www.coara.or.jp/~itoshima/esetouti.html The life of Noe Itou] ([[Setouchi Jakucho|Harumi Setouchi]]'s novel ''Bi wa rantyou ni ari'' at [[Fukuoka Prefecture|Fukuoka]] Prefectural Itoshima High School); the text of this entry was largely excerpted from this source.
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