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The banzai charge is considered to be one method of gyokusai (玉砕, "shattered jewel"; honorable suicide), a suicide attack, or suicide before being captured by the enemy such as seppuku. [5] The origin of the term is a classical Chinese phrase in the 7th-century Book of Northern Qi , which states " 丈夫玉碎恥甎全 ", "A true man would ...
Attack from Space is a 1965 science fiction compilation film produced for American television. It is the third film, following Atomic Rulers of the World (1 and 2) and Invaders from Space (3 and 4), to be comprised from the six installments of the Japanese short film series Super Giant from Shintoho .
Banzai charge or banzai attack, a last, desperate military charge; Banzai Cliff, one of the sites of mass Japanese suicide on the island of Saipan during World War II; Banzai skydive, the act of throwing a parachute out of a plane and trying to catch up to it in mid-fall, put it on, and deploy it before hitting the ground
Warning from Space was released in Japan on 29 January 1956. [20] Daiei also hoped to find a foreign market for Warning from Space, though the company found difficulty in selling it. [21] Nevertheless, the film played at both King Cinema in Rangoon, Burma [22] and Tai Khoon Theatre in Sandakan, Malaysia, in 1958. [16]
Japan successfully deployed an upgraded Earth observation satellite for disaster response and security after it was launched on a new flagship H3 rocket Monday. The H3 No. 3 rocket lifted off from ...
TOKYO (Reuters) -Kairos, a small, solid-fuel rocket made by Japan's Space One, exploded shortly after its inaugural launch on Wednesday as the firm tried to become the first Japanese company to ...
A group of Japanese soldiers during World War II shouting "banzai!" near Beijing Banzai at dissolution of the House of Representatives (1953) The Chinese term was introduced to Japan as banzai (Kana: ばんざい; Kanji: 万歳) as early as the 8th century, and was used to express respect for the Emperor in much the same manner as the Chinese term.
Onstage, Danjuro Ichikawa, one of the biggest stars of Japan's Kabuki theater, is a virtuoso in switching roles. The 13th man to bear the name Danjuro Ichikawa — which has been passed down ...