They want out ASAP. Don’t they know they will be looking over their shoulder for the rest of their life-not to mention more time if their caught!!🤷🏻♂️
Yeah that is one thing we all want to master. the way the one right way.. but all around us we see and hear about people that fall from their own minds built on illustions. Our selfish desires makes us comfortable and leaves us spoild with made up reasons for why that would be acceptable. A broken mind breaking out of naturs balance is the result of naive decisions with ones focus on something else relice whats truly imporant and you chall be poweful at ones
This story is actually very deep. I'm happy you did this story. Ive known about this for awhile.. he escaped prison multiple times specifically to be with his family.. this man was a genius. Though you left out some important information on this story though. He purposely gave himself up because he was sick of running under the terms that they revoke his death sentence, he got to choose the prison he wanted to stay at as long as he promised he would never escape again
I don't buy it, especially the part with dislocating the shoulder, i don't see how that was necessary, if you can fit the rest of your body through a hole it's a matter of starting with one shoulder at an angle.
He was able to escape a prison that no one escaped before him, then confesses to a random police officer a while later even though he did that last time to one he thought was a “friend” and still got arrested
He MUST have been innocent.. no one would be so hellbent on professing their innocence multiple times to law enforcement while being a fugitive, knowing a possible (probable) outcome would be him going right back to jail. Tragic, really.
The man is a legend. It is heart-warming to know that he spent his final years with his daughter. Maybe that is the reason why he gave himself up to the lucky policeman.
Always wondered in the times before even TV was a thing why criminals so easily got caught. Like especially the western times going off of a drawing 😂. Like guess they wanted to be known for infamy.
My grandfather used to say willpower is a humans greatest tool, with it you can do whatever you want. That man will to escape that many times remarkable.
@@MrSharkFIN Actually, I do recall him later stating that all he wanted was fair treatment; Not even freedom. After being thrown in jail a 5th time, his sentence was spent in a very lenient prison; Which just so happened to sap his desire to escape.
At 21:03 Thoughty2 can be heard saying "movies" so I reckon there are a few "real" movies at least. Not sure of their names though but that's what Google is for.
@@Ron4885 depends on the type of confinement you have. Each situation is unique, and a basic knowledge of chemistry is a small part. There's the guard patrol, gaps in your routine, and what type of tools are at your disposal. Genius takes many forms. IQ only measures a specific part of it.
@@Jonwayne777Iloveyouall it's funny because you could easily independently verify their validity, but I guess this generation is incapable of that and needs it force fed
There are some epic details he missed out on: Like how they only out him in those hand cuffs without key holes (which were stronger than the normal kind) because he ripped the normal ones in half with his strength alone
This guy will make for a very awesome grandfather. Just imagine how many stories he will have amassed in his yesrs! Great job sir, 1 of your best in awhile. They're all great, but this was 1 of your greatest interpretations of a story already been told.
@@corporateservants269 Why, because I don't glorify criminals? Look, if his message to his grandchildren was don't make the same mistakes I did, then I can agree with you.
@@allanshpeley4284 I'm not demonizing you, I'm just saying stories are just that, they're stories! They aren't codes to live by. When (if) you heard Hansel and Gretel, would you contemplate that every old woman was a cannibal that needed to die?😅 of course not, that would be crazy!🤣
@@corporateservants269 I misread your original comment. I see now you were referring to 42, not the criminal. My mistake. Yes, 42 is a good storyteller.
Dam man you have a lot of good stories A long time ago we used to sit around a campfire, stare at the burning wood, and listen to old folks telling theese kind of stories and legends. Now we stare at the glow from a screen, and are still mesmerized. There has always been storytellers that delivered legends, folklore and fairytales on to the next generation. My grandfather was a great storyteller, and half a century later I'm still remebering the exitement of listening to him. I have seen a lot of your videos. You are the net version of the human storyteller tradition. And you are doing a good job🙂
Who makes the floor out of wooden boards in a prison, and claims it cannot be escaped. It is WOOD. WITH DIRT BELOW. People can dig with even the shittiest of tools if needed,
@Evelyn 21 y.o - check my vidéó If you'd not 'try' to sound smart, you'd notice once out he had to flee civilisation and couldn't find neither a work nor house, try living like that and show us what a '"genius" can do. To me it sound like you didn't even gave one ear to the video
When it came to the part he was in the prison with the misosoup I immediately figured he was going to use it to rust the metal because of how he escaped his previous cell from the screws that were rusted from the rain. I wonder if the reason he also thought of that was because of that experience. I mean almost everyone know water can rust metal what more a miso soup. Also the story is actually touching. The fact that he could be in prison so many times, living in the woods for 2 years and still not have his spirit to live broken by those circumstances. It's truly a wonderful story, if it were like shawshank story where he did or didn't but most likely didn't commit his crime, it's truly a great story about the will to live. It's not just about a brilliant escape, of how impressive how crafty he is it's also how his escapes have bought him enough time for the world to change and him being free from the death sentence, of him trusting a guard he barely knew and actually meeting a police officer and started chatting with him and confessing to him What an amazing story, there's even no need for dramatization making it to a movie. The story already seems like it came out of a movie.
Maybe he was trying to kill himself. That's what I try to do every time I go out into the forest. The human body is way to strong unfortunally. He died of an heart attack caused by that years later I am sure. I will kill myself way before the heart attack gets me tho. I will win. Test me.
I don't think I've ever commented on one of your videos. I know it helps with the algorithm so - I just want to thank you for your hard work. Your content has been some of the most direct and informative on RU-vid for quite some time. No garbage, no click bait, honest promotions, and genuinely amusing but tasteful jokes in there, too. That's all.
I actually feel really sorry for the man. He didn't deserve it and top of it he was a genius who wasn't utilised well. Anyone would get stubborn like him to escape if they were locked unjustly. The man deserved better
@@nvmffs Just really makes it feel like he was genuinely innocent. Considering how horribly flawed the current Japanese legal system is (conviction wise), I can't even imagine how horrid the old one was.
I wanna know how he was able to get from outside his cell to the actual outside of the prison itself though. Seems like there would be other doors and extra layers of guards etc. Be cool to find out but I guess that part is less fun to hear
I haven't watch this video specifically and I don't know which escape you're talking about, but there is a prison he escaped, turned museum, and it has a wax figure of him crawling along the over head arches near the top of the ceiling as part of his escape.
It is the most interesting part really. But, from a safety standpoint I guess you could argue, most prisons would not want the details out or put out vaguely. Alot of prisons were made around the same time and followed very similar designs so it could potentially give information out to allow others to escape older facilities. But that's literally just a guess lol
I’m constantly blown away by how this guy finds all these quirky left field stories every week. With every one as interesting or even more so, than the one before. I think he’s a kind of quirky genius!
I think He's got a whole team. And also people on Patreon send him ideas. It's his channel and he's the narrator, but I don't think that he's doing everything by himself: scenarios, directing, editing, etc. He even used to list all people who work on the video when he started his channel, but not anymore.
i'm pretty sure he has a team doing all of the content searchings and researching though, so it's not necessarily him who came up with all of the content ideas.
He stole it from the guy that did an animation version of the story right here on the tube he's actually been redoing along of other people's videos as of late
There’s literally endless amazing stories out there easily discovered. Just lose yourself down a wiki rabbit hole and you’ll find enough stories worth telling to cover a hundred years. What blows my mind is that there is any boring content out there with so much great material.
Considering the Japanese legal system back then (and even now for that matter) there are pretty good odds that he was genuinely innocent. You don't get 99% conviction rate without some good ol torture and harassment until the suspects admits guilt, even though they didn't break any laws.
If that is true, then we have the classic case of "The crime happened because of the legal system, not the other way around."(Because he did end up murdering that one farmer-dude after the prisons forced him to become a mountain hermit)
I know someone who got arrested back in 2015. It is still the same. They harass you endlessly and keep you detained until you admit to whatever they want you to admit to.
I think the most important message in this story is that it was a form of compassion, not punishment, that changed a man. Or if you want to put an interesting spin on it, it was only compassion that could keep him in prison until his release.
I just pictured Forest Gump reciting the story of The Fugitive... "Momma alwas said loife is loike a bowl of Meeso." "I don't care..." "I wasnt me that keeled Jennay, it was the one armed mang. "I still don't care... Don't run, Forest! Don't run!"
I think it would be better if it just showed the whole movie chronologically that leads up to the last scene with him on a bench with the cop, and then when he starts telling his story to the cop it just shows the entire movie again a 2nd time but with reenactment actors this time.
Hate that kind of stupid movie writing and they’re doing it way to often. I’ve already lost interested with your unexplained plots, accepted it as a mystery and moved on. Now, the story is getting interesting and I want to see what comes next, just to be distracted by the not anymore interesting bullshit.
My question is, how can someone that brilliant be dumb enough to turn themselves into the authorities twice thinking that they're going to be his friend? Second question, how can someone that brilliant not realize that it's time to leave the country? He could have put his skills to use getting out of the country instead of getting out of a prison which would probably be a whole lot easier. NEVER TRUST AUTHORITY ! EVER.
It's rather difficult, and often counterproductive to *never* trust any form of authority. Usually doesn't work out too well. This one's a shame though. His seemingly good heart was kind of taken advantage of.
Guard: We found a tunnel between one of the cells and the outside of the wall. Warden: Oh, no! Which prisoner escaped? Guard: Well, that's the thing... Inmate Jones is back, and looking forward to taco Friday.
When i was in prison i met a lot of inmates who actually planned o returning. It was how they made money. They would get released on license half way through their sentence. Fill their bum with drugs. Then brake the law and get sent back to prison for the remainder of their sentence. Making some cash for their release.
@KKK Revolution for me at the time i was homeless i had nothing so prison for me was a roof, routine, medical, and food. Fuckin saved me but i wouldnt want to go back. My records clean now :)
For how good he was at escaping prison, he was really really bad at staying out longer than five minutes without telling some cop figure that he is a fugative.
Good show Thoughty2. Although it might have been proper to mention, in the cell Shiratori escaped though the skylight, it was so small he could brace himself against both sides to climb up. Also the "bed" he would dig under was a Futon that laid on the floor. these are 2 key points in Shiratori's story.
Yes and the guards watched him 24/7 without taking an eye off him. He used the wood to make it look like his body as he burrowed under his futon so the guards still thought he was asleep
Cool story! This channel has been a nice change of pace. I've been watching for a few months now and am really enjoying the content! It's especially great to fall asleep to, and I mean that in the best way possible lmao
It’s been a while since RU-vid recommended a new channel that I really like. Dude, this story was a great start to my day. You have a real knack for storytelling!! (Yeah I’m starting my day at noon, it’s Saturday 😊)
I don’t think I have ever seen any internet comment much less a RU-vid comment admitting to having woken up late like we had caught them or had any idea lmao
Reminds me of my Great-Great Uncle Louie. He escaped from Waupun Prison in Wisconsin by whittling himself a skeleton key and walk out one night. He got as far as Sheboygan, WI but his sister refused to let him in the house, telling him to turn himself in or she would call the police to come get him. I never learned the year it happened nor if he went back willingly.
Wow, I really enjoyed this one! Did nobody really think "gee, this guy keeps thwarting our best attempts at keeping someone incarcerated, maybe we should hire him!"? A brain like that would have been so useful to get ahead of any security issues the prisons would have had. Plus the fact that they made a statue of him. That was pretty darn cool 😂
Dude. Spoliers. Could you at least warn people? We have crippling low attention spans and starting the comment with a simple "Spoilers below" would be very helpful so we don't have the story ruined. Thanks
I would recommend watching the video kento bento made on the subject a few years ago, he covered it in more detail. Edit: I forgot to add that kento bento also made a follow up video to answer some of the questions.
@Amanda 24 y.o - check my vidéó lol you stole that from norgy's post from over a month ago and i'll bet you're a G.I.R.L. which stands for Guy In Real Life lol
@Sharon 20 y.o - check my vidéó lol you stole that from Tommy Crosby's post from over a month ago and i'll bet you're a G.I.R.L. which stands for Guy In Real Life lol
I started to wonder at the validity of all of his amazing feats, but as my Friend used to say "Never let the truth get in the way of a good story." Shame he wasn't as good at not getting caught.
Got to respect this prisoner for being one of the smartest prisoner and being creative for his escape. Japan is one of the most respectful country in my opinion.
Lol I remember learning about the miso soup technique in school, and my whole class started DYING laughing because they thought my teacher wasn't being serious
I will never understand how breaking out of prison, when you were convicted incorrectly, it gets proved your innocent, you get sent to prison. For breaking out of a place you were not supposed to be, you get sent to that place.
Because the law is there to be upheld, not to benefit the citizens. Same as resisting arrest from a police officer abusing his authority. The stance of the government on that is "alright, it wasn't your fault and it's our bad, but we're not taking any responsability. Also, we're in charge here, so daring to defy them, and therefore "us" deserves an over the top, completely unfair punishment".