When young military officers assassinated Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyoshi (犬養毅) on May 15, 1932, they triggered a rupture in Japan’s process of democratization. As is well known, Inukai’s death marked the end of party-led government in Japan in the prewar period. The focus of this essay is how the event has been constructed as a symbolic and cultural watershed. In the English language, there is the story that movie star Charlie Chaplin would have been killed alongside the prime minister had he not chosen to attend a sumo match with the prime minister’s son at the time of the attack. In Japanese writings, the story of Inukai’s death often culminates in his famous last words, “hanaseba wakaru (話せばわかる, if we talk, you will understand),” followed by his killers’ response, “mondō muyō, ute! (問答無用, 撃て!; discussion is useless, fire!)” A close examination of contemporary sources shows that both stories are highly mythologized. This chapter dissects these myths to examine how and why they were constructed and also to assess their historiographical significance.