This reminds me of matteo messina denaro, one of the most wanted people in the world, a terrible person who was at the top of sicilian mafia, he was found while he was under care for cancer, but everyone suspects he basically let himself be caught knowing he had not much to live
Not a psych expert, but I would guess that what makes it seem cool is just the 'epicness' of it, it does seem very theatrical like an ending to a movie. Also, it ties things up nicely, as nice as could be considering the severity of his crimes at least. His identity is revealed, he's dead, and nobody has to worry about his hidden existence anymore.
If you read about his life- it wouldn't seem as epic. He lived by himself in a wooden shack. He took cash only jobs from shady construction companies willing to look the other way. He couldn't form relationships to make friends or lovers. His family abandoned him. He avoided being photographed. He had no ID, no insurance, no bank accounts. He wasn't living anything close to a glamorous or even normal life.
Chopper Read did a similar thing, he was dying of liver cancer and gave an interview to Australia's 60 Minutes. He straight up started confessing to numerous murders knowing he'd never see the repercussions.
Although in Chopper's case some of the people who knew him and were with him at the time of some of the murders (or talked to him about it and were friendly enough to get true answers) said he made up his involvement in those deathbed confession murders so that he could get paid for a last interview and leave the money to his wife.
It's the fact he defied the state and lived out a whole life and still had the balls to tell people in the end. It's impressive and I think we like the idea of resisting a government under their nose
I’m pretty sure he’s an evil dude, resist communism or anything against freedom aka freedom to talk shit about anything, not bombing random shit like a crazy ass clown
I was just in Japan for three months and you'd see this dudes wanted poster everywhere. I saw it in hotels,restaurants,shops,etc across the country. I was always super curious as to who he was but never looked him up. Crazy stuff.
The student riots and left-wing terrorism that plagued Japan in the 60s and 70s is really an under discussed topic when it comes to Japanese history... especially outside of Japan so few foreigners know about these events and their impact on modern Japanese society. Something that Joey overlooked is that a lot of this activity was in response to the Vietnam War, and how certain portions of the Japanese population felt that Japan's indirect support for the war (by hosting US troops, providing supplies, etc.) was in violation of Japan's pacifist constitution.
The same kind of thing was happening in the West at this time, too. Anti-Vietnam War protests in the US, May 1968 in France, and so on. It really seemed like a point in history where the "old order" was losing control.
Interesting. Didn't know this. When the Vietnam War is brought up we are often taught about American protest to the war. Didn't know other countries had their own protest towards it, especially Japan which is often referred to in the sense that they occupied/colonized other Asian countries. Makes me wonder what other kinds of protest happened in Japan that go under the radar. I know in some media like anime, artist had critiques regarding situations like WW2. It would be interesting to find more information on this topic.
You seem to be talking about Shigeki Kanazawa. However, it is not clear to what extent there is a connection between the Kirishima case and Kanazawa's arrest. Some say that Kanazawa's whereabouts were tipped off to the police by a member of the same organization, Yakuza
@@SketchingPandaRen Well, in a way that's what I said. One side pushes to one extreme, and the others who can't handle it anymore push it to the other extreme.
Interesting. However, all violent crimes are cruel. I don't think it's appropriate to compare the heinousness of each crime. In the first place, the heinousness and brutality of a crime cannot be quantified, so how one feels about it is nothing more than an individual's subjective impression. However, from a different perspective, Japanese people believe that Western society has a high crime rate and many heinous crimes. It is interesting that each side considers the crimes of the other society to be more heinous.
I am a bit reminded of Norwegian bank robber Martin Pedersen. He was caught trying to exchange money from a money transport robbery in Drammen in 1980. He confessed, not only to that, but a total of 19 robberies since 1974. There certainly was a sense of "that's badass" among a lot of people.
Can't blame the family. It seemed like he didn't contact them at anytime when he was hiding which I understand because he doesn't want to get caught. In return the family most likely suffered from other relatives, friends and strangers because of his act.
Criminal or not, it's a Death Bed Confession. He knew he was going to die, so he went out knowing they wouldn't punish him of if they did, he'd be medicated the entire time because cancer patients get loaded down with pain meds, regardless of being in jail or not. Him passing away the very next day is very Joker-coded and awesome. He lived his entire life free, and probably learned over time to accept what he did, and could have been a different guy to who he was back in 1974.
Hope the family doesn't have to take responsibility if it's proven that he is who he says he is. Japan have some weird laws where family members take responsibility for the actions of other family members and can be sued for that. Since he got away with it and made a fool of the police, they may have to do something to salvage their reputation.
@@idreadFell365 I mean, it isn't "corruption" in that it's the way the law is intended to work. It's more that it's a legacy of older times and a conservative culture that sticks to that sort of thing (you see similar types of things many places in the world with much broader ideas of responsibility for actions than in the west).
I did NOT think for a minute it was badass or cool lol, and I'm a diagnosed mental ill person XD The only thing I thought was it was unfair, to the law, to the people, the moral and all in all justice. :/
Unseen Japan did a whole series on this Terrorist Red Army group and I just binge watched it. Super dark, super sad, but super insightful and insane I had no idea this had happened in 70s Japan. It makes so much more sense, and totally suggest ya’ll to check it out. It’ll blow your mind.
Turns out the bombing he was involved with, did not kill anybody. So yeah. Kinda based. Their organization was anti-japanese imperialist. They studied what happened in Korea and China, and how the Japanese treated the Ainu people, and they recognized the fact that Japan was an awful fascist nation.
I see no details on activity after Mitsubishi bombing, but up to then EAAJAF was pretty based. They bombed at first monuments praising Japanese war criminals as heroes, graves of Japanese occupiers of Korea and the symbol of colonization of Ainu indegnious people. In Mitsubishi bombing they nade two calls warning about the bomb but company ignored those and refused to evacuate the building. They seem to be heroes opposing the silence about Japanese crimes against humanity, not criminals.
You should really consider taking classes/courses on criminal justice (Japan/Australia/America related would be perfect all around). You seem to be really interested in these matters based on your recent videos Joey!
One thing to note is that alot of these left wing Insurgent groups in the 70s grew out of frustration of generational inequality, national traumas from War, Militarization and discontent from newer generations. This was compounded by tensions in the Cold War by the Influence of the US/NATO and the USSR/Warsaw Pact.
I'm pretty sure I read that the person next to him on the wanted posters also got caught just because the media kept showing the poster over and over and someone happened to recognize the next guy.
I think it’s honestly more to do with how impressive the act is-being able to survive so long and basically go against all odds and… win, kind of like the underdog mentality. While the individual in question was heinous, the act in being able to succeed to despite all odds is impressive.
Coming out as queer: boring, unoriginal, overdone, most of civilized society accepts you and supports you for who you are. Coming out as Kirishima Satoru, the most wanted man of Japan, in your deathbed: based, very original, the police can't do anything about your crimes against humanity because you're literally dying
I don't think deathbed confessions are particularly rare or cool. But it's interesting news. I vaguely remember hearing about that group in social sciences class or somewhere. I didn't know there was a guy still on the run.
It's kind of curious how joey in the video "japan's most evil man" was really assertive about how wrong it was, then in this video tells you that a terrorist is almost based
You might also be interested in shooting of police chief Kunimatsu Takaji (1995). at first it was thought to be one of Aum Shinrikyo crimes, but recently an old convict confessed he did it. he's a lone wolf terrorist who has nothing to do with Aum Shinrikyo.
The Japanese police ought to thoroughly investigate this matter, as it is inconceivable for an adversary of a nation to remain hidden for 50 years without the assistance of accomplices.
Nah, it's completely possible, he took advantage of the still pretty analog bureaucracy of Japan, i think a news report said he only worked cash paying jobs and had no bank account.
People can live well in Japan without using digital electronics. You can easily get a job in Japan if you are Japanese, considering they have 135 jobs for 100 people and need immigrants
Prison is a state of mind, not necessary a place to be. The old man might gets away with everything but he continue his life under constant fear of arrest and live lonely for decades. Everyone think he is free but in his mind he is not.
I think humans value agency and this guy had it all the way to the end. Take an example of a criminal we do hate like Seito Sakakibara, the serial killer who wrote Zekka, and we see a guy who tried to paint himself as a victim who didn't have control over his own actions even though from anyone else's perspective, he did. But in Satoshi's case, the story is framed like he owned up to everything. The bombing victims aren't the focus of the story, but the fact that he lived under the radar for 70 years, then went out on his own terms.
I feel like it's kind of like hearing old bank robber stories? like it sounds badass cause they usually happened way before we even existed so we see it with a different perspective? Still messed up what they did, but how they did it just sounds impressive.
I think the feeling is more that he was only found because he allowed it which makes the situation interesting. Basically him saying "GG EZ!" before logging out permanently.
It's definitely the fact that this dude (if he has no sense of remorse about what he did 50 years ago 'til now) was able to admit that he was the one who made Japan a political HELL all those years ago before he died, never getting caught. Dude 1-Upped D.B. Cooper with his slickness.
Hadn't heard of this guy until recently, pretty wild. I'd read that a guy he'd always hang out with at the pub was trying to organise the funeral for him as he'd considered him a friend for the years that he'd known him. The only Japanese terrorist group I had heard of previously was Aum Shinrikyo from the 90s, and that was because they'd used an outback Australian sheep station as a testing ground for the sarin gas they would later use in the Tokyo subway sarin attack. There was also an incident of seismic activity originating near the station, which after finding out that the group had hired 2 nuclear scientists from Russia and had been mining uranium, it was speculated that they had tested a bomb there.
Honestly if it happens to me I'm not even gonna be mad but impressed especially he just leaves next day 😭😭🤧🤧 bro is a menace to society and to the victims broooo
I don't feel either amazed by how he left out with such revelation after 50 years of runaway nor either heartless to the point of wishing to see him behind bars or even getting the death penalty. I'm probably one of the few who would feel probably as frustrated as the victims, their relatives and the japanese authorities spending their lifetime looking for that criminal.
Kinda reminds me of that one episode of Black Lagoon, in which a similar person from an extremist group was on the run. My truth be told he probably just wanted to quit running and come to terms with the time he had left. There is a former musician who is also on the run in the US, who lives out in the country for some non-terroristic crimes to this very day (source National Public Radio story 2023).
So.....where's the link to the wikipedia article ? It's a little nit pick that bothers me. When creators say " i will leave the link in the descrption ".... but then said link is not there. Maybe someone forgot or whatever ? I DK , if you are not gonna do the thing , don't say you are gonna do said thing.
Honestly, I didn't think he was cool, because he isn't, he's awful. And I didn't think about finally getting justice, the only thing I thought was that I was glad that at least victims and their families have some closure.
My question is how did he hide in plain sight for fifty years. The police evidently stopped looking for him a year or two after the arrests of the others. So it was probably pretty easy to get a new identity. But what was that identity and where did he work? Did he keep those terrorist thoughts and ideals or did he change his mind?
If he believed he did nothing wrong, then it's not cowardly. At least I'm assuming you're talking about "being cowardly for not owning up to what he did", but I mean, you can't own up to something if you did what you believe was right.
It would require to see what he did as wrong, which is clear he didn't as he was willing to go into hiding for 50 years. The only reason he said his name was because he didn't want to die under a fake name, it wasn't to repent or pay for his crimes.
After all those years, the thrill from hiding probably subsided since nobody can find him during his peak and no one knows his face anymore, due to age. I think he did what he did in the end to sort of make people "remember him" again. To not fall into irrelevancy. I mean, sure he's the most wanted man in Japan, but it's most likely, that people remember the face of the person on the posters, and not his present face. Besides, he's got nothing to lose, and who knows? Maybe he went down that way to sort of "inspire" others to be like him. Now, that would be unfortunate.
is it... though?! I feel like he knew he was going off from this world and had guilty conscience and wanted to let everyone knows he was alive. The fact he peace out the following day means he let himself go.
He was like the kid who won at hide and seek and just had to show how he won. Honestly though I think he might have told them that, as a last good deed to get this search and worries to stop. Impressive he manage to stay hidden for that long though.
Hey joey if you might wonder why this incident was kinda badass then I recommend you listen Bo Burnham's song SAD cause I was listening it and its lyrics made me giggle but made me think maybe just maybe its something true people most of the time make fun of old tragedies as jokes or thinks its cool cause its very old news and nothing to do with them and it doesn't happen with recent ones
“I’m the man you’ve been looking for for 50 years”
Refuses to elaborate
Dies
i mean he is like "do what you must, i already won". bruh
police be like "gg bruh"
This reminds me of matteo messina denaro, one of the most wanted people in the world, a terrible person who was at the top of sicilian mafia, he was found while he was under care for cancer, but everyone suspects he basically let himself be caught knowing he had not much to live
bro is better at hiding than Joey hides from anime
😂
bfft..
Daaaaamn!!
stop bruh, you don't want the Manga Lad to see this.
Not a psych expert, but I would guess that what makes it seem cool is just the 'epicness' of it, it does seem very theatrical like an ending to a movie. Also, it ties things up nicely, as nice as could be considering the severity of his crimes at least. His identity is revealed, he's dead, and nobody has to worry about his hidden existence anymore.
If you read about his life- it wouldn't seem as epic. He lived by himself in a wooden shack. He took cash only jobs from shady construction companies willing to look the other way. He couldn't form relationships to make friends or lovers. His family abandoned him. He avoided being photographed. He had no ID, no insurance, no bank accounts. He wasn't living anything close to a glamorous or even normal life.
I would imagine that after its been confrimed who he is, then they're just going to write up a report and call it case closed.
Chopper Read did a similar thing, he was dying of liver cancer and gave an interview to Australia's 60 Minutes. He straight up started confessing to numerous murders knowing he'd never see the repercussions.
Although in Chopper's case some of the people who knew him and were with him at the time of some of the murders (or talked to him about it and were friendly enough to get true answers) said he made up his involvement in those deathbed confession murders so that he could get paid for a last interview and leave the money to his wife.
I was actually writing about this for months until news dropped, it was so crazy
How old was he when he did the crime?
@@lelnel6242 he was around 20 years old, not sure for an exact date
@@jaycemaru did people get killed in the bombings?
@@Ratched64 yeah 8 people killed & over 200 injured
what were you writing if you dont mind me asking?
It's the fact he defied the state and lived out a whole life and still had the balls to tell people in the end. It's impressive and I think we like the idea of resisting a government under their nose
I’m pretty sure he’s an evil dude, resist communism or anything against freedom aka freedom to talk shit about anything, not bombing random shit like a crazy ass clown
I was just in Japan for three months and you'd see this dudes wanted poster everywhere. I saw it in hotels,restaurants,shops,etc across the country. I was always super curious as to who he was but never looked him up. Crazy stuff.
The student riots and left-wing terrorism that plagued Japan in the 60s and 70s is really an under discussed topic when it comes to Japanese history... especially outside of Japan so few foreigners know about these events and their impact on modern Japanese society.
Something that Joey overlooked is that a lot of this activity was in response to the Vietnam War, and how certain portions of the Japanese population felt that Japan's indirect support for the war (by hosting US troops, providing supplies, etc.) was in violation of Japan's pacifist constitution.
The same kind of thing was happening in the West at this time, too. Anti-Vietnam War protests in the US, May 1968 in France, and so on. It really seemed like a point in history where the "old order" was losing control.
Interesting. Didn't know this. When the Vietnam War is brought up we are often taught about American protest to the war. Didn't know other countries had their own protest towards it, especially Japan which is often referred to in the sense that they occupied/colonized other Asian countries. Makes me wonder what other kinds of protest happened in Japan that go under the radar. I know in some media like anime, artist had critiques regarding situations like WW2. It would be interesting to find more information on this topic.
Yeah, so a lot of people don't know this, but the Japanese boomers experienced this era and are often more left-wing.
The goverment swept a lot of this under the rug and the red-scare strategy.
The closest I've heard about this part of Japan's history was some manga called Unlucky Young Men.
World champion in Hide and Seek
Joey is starting to be like aki with the weird cult crime
in the context of 1970s (or even today), anti-imperialism and anarchism are not cults
He won one of the most messed up hide and seek game in history
The dude literally challenged Japan and they never found him till he was in his deathbed, the bastard won.
He pulled an “I am Kira”
Because the news was showing the wanted poster so much that one of the other criminals were caught from the exposure of being recognized.
You seem to be talking about Shigeki Kanazawa. However, it is not clear to what extent there is a connection between the Kirishima case and Kanazawa's arrest. Some say that Kanazawa's whereabouts were tipped off to the police by a member of the same organization, Yakuza
We appreciate your insights on this matter. You'll always have our support.
Bro japan has a low crime rate but the crimes are so heinous and traumatising
Is it just me, or is Japan like an on/off switch. It's like they have no middle ground, but only both extremes.
Exactly
@@DacLMK I think it's that Japanese society cares too much about what others think that the people keeps things in till they break.
@@SketchingPandaRen Well, in a way that's what I said. One side pushes to one extreme, and the others who can't handle it anymore push it to the other extreme.
Interesting. However, all violent crimes are cruel. I don't think it's appropriate to compare the heinousness of each crime. In the first place, the heinousness and brutality of a crime cannot be quantified, so how one feels about it is nothing more than an individual's subjective impression. However, from a different perspective, Japanese people believe that Western society has a high crime rate and many heinous crimes. It is interesting that each side considers the crimes of the other society to be more heinous.
I am a bit reminded of Norwegian bank robber Martin Pedersen. He was caught trying to exchange money from a money transport robbery in Drammen in 1980. He confessed, not only to that, but a total of 19 robberies since 1974.
There certainly was a sense of "that's badass" among a lot of people.
Can't blame the family. It seemed like he didn't contact them at anytime when he was hiding which I understand because he doesn't want to get caught. In return the family most likely suffered from other relatives, friends and strangers because of his act.
Criminal or not, it's a Death Bed Confession. He knew he was going to die, so he went out knowing they wouldn't punish him of if they did, he'd be medicated the entire time because cancer patients get loaded down with pain meds, regardless of being in jail or not. Him passing away the very next day is very Joker-coded and awesome. He lived his entire life free, and probably learned over time to accept what he did, and could have been a different guy to who he was back in 1974.
That poster I see on the street everyday is of a wanted man??? I genuinely thought it was a poster of a missing woman!!!😅😅😂😂😂
i was waiting for joey to make this news video , thank you joey fortodays video
Hope the family doesn't have to take responsibility if it's proven that he is who he says he is. Japan have some weird laws where family members take responsibility for the actions of other family members and can be sued for that. Since he got away with it and made a fool of the police, they may have to do something to salvage their reputation.
Apparently he revealed non-public details about a bombing and a DNA test that finished after he died found him to "likely" be Kirishima.
That's fucked up, similar to North Korea.
That kinda proves his point. Not condoning his actions but if Japan is corrupt enough to be like that…well it’s no wonder.
@@idreadFell365 I mean, it isn't "corruption" in that it's the way the law is intended to work. It's more that it's a legacy of older times and a conservative culture that sticks to that sort of thing (you see similar types of things many places in the world with much broader ideas of responsibility for actions than in the west).
@@Zelmel well, it’s not like I’m singling Japan out. Everywhere is corrupt.
I did NOT think for a minute it was badass or cool lol, and I'm a diagnosed mental ill person XD
The only thing I thought was it was unfair, to the law, to the people, the moral and all in all justice. :/
Unseen Japan did a whole series on this Terrorist Red Army group and I just binge watched it. Super dark, super sad, but super insightful and insane I had no idea this had happened in 70s Japan. It makes so much more sense, and totally suggest ya’ll to check it out. It’ll blow your mind.
It's as badass as Joey being the Ex-Anime Man
Turns out the bombing he was involved with, did not kill anybody. So yeah. Kinda based. Their organization was anti-japanese imperialist. They studied what happened in Korea and China, and how the Japanese treated the Ainu people, and they recognized the fact that Japan was an awful fascist nation.
I see no details on activity after Mitsubishi bombing, but up to then EAAJAF was pretty based. They bombed at first monuments praising Japanese war criminals as heroes, graves of Japanese occupiers of Korea and the symbol of colonization of Ainu indegnious people. In Mitsubishi bombing they nade two calls warning about the bomb but company ignored those and refused to evacuate the building. They seem to be heroes opposing the silence about Japanese crimes against humanity, not criminals.
Satoshi is the Japanese Joker to me. It is, honestly, epic that he became this in the end.
You should really consider taking classes/courses on criminal justice (Japan/Australia/America related would be perfect all around). You seem to be really interested in these matters based on your recent videos Joey!
Hello Joey Bazinga.
One thing to note is that alot of these left wing Insurgent groups in the 70s grew out of frustration of generational inequality, national traumas from War, Militarization and discontent from newer generations. This was compounded by tensions in the Cold War by the Influence of the US/NATO and the USSR/Warsaw Pact.
I'm pretty sure I read that the person next to him on the wanted posters also got caught just because the media kept showing the poster over and over and someone happened to recognize the next guy.
Just like how most anime villains get away with everything.
I think it’s honestly more to do with how impressive the act is-being able to survive so long and basically go against all odds and… win, kind of like the underdog mentality.
While the individual in question was heinous, the act in being able to succeed to despite all odds is impressive.
I imagine him walking past police stations seeing his own face and being smug as shit
Dude was literally the real life incarnation of Gol D. Roger except he was not exterminated by the police.
Coming out as queer: boring, unoriginal, overdone, most of civilized society accepts you and supports you for who you are.
Coming out as Kirishima Satoru, the most wanted man of Japan, in your deathbed: based, very original, the police can't do anything about your crimes against humanity because you're literally dying
I don't think deathbed confessions are particularly rare or cool. But it's interesting news. I vaguely remember hearing about that group in social sciences class or somewhere. I didn't know there was a guy still on the run.
IRL Gold D. Roger moment
It's kind of curious how joey in the video "japan's most evil man" was really assertive about how wrong it was, then in this video tells you that a terrorist is almost based
You might also be interested in shooting of police chief Kunimatsu Takaji (1995).
at first it was thought to be one of Aum Shinrikyo crimes, but recently an old convict confessed he did it.
he's a lone wolf terrorist who has nothing to do with Aum Shinrikyo.
The confession to the doctor is so cinematic
The Japanese police ought to thoroughly investigate this matter, as it is inconceivable for an adversary of a nation to remain hidden for 50 years without the assistance of accomplices.
"State enemies"
Sounds North Korean 🤔
"State enemies"
Sounds North Korean 🤔
@@sheepketchup9059the guys is part of a literal terrorist group who committed 3 bombings he IS an enemy of japan
Nah, it's completely possible, he took advantage of the still pretty analog bureaucracy of Japan, i think a news report said he only worked cash paying jobs and had no bank account.
People can live well in Japan without using digital electronics. You can easily get a job in Japan if you are Japanese, considering they have 135 jobs for 100 people and need immigrants
Prison is a state of mind, not necessary a place to be. The old man might gets away with everything but he continue his life under constant fear of arrest and live lonely for decades. Everyone think he is free but in his mind he is not.
That's freaking wild...
I think humans value agency and this guy had it all the way to the end.
Take an example of a criminal we do hate like Seito Sakakibara, the serial killer who wrote Zekka, and we see a guy who tried to paint himself as a victim who didn't have control over his own actions even though from anyone else's perspective, he did.
But in Satoshi's case, the story is framed like he owned up to everything. The bombing victims aren't the focus of the story, but the fact that he lived under the radar for 70 years, then went out on his own terms.
I feel like it's kind of like hearing old bank robber stories? like it sounds badass cause they usually happened way before we even existed so we see it with a different perspective? Still messed up what they did, but how they did it just sounds impressive.
Not me waiting for the “its ya boy” lol
Bro deserves his own movie
Bro became the hide and seek champion.
Otoya Yamaguchi and Yukio Mishima were on to something.
I think the feeling is more that he was only found because he allowed it which makes the situation interesting. Basically him saying "GG EZ!" before logging out permanently.
It's definitely the fact that this dude (if he has no sense of remorse about what he did 50 years ago 'til now) was able to admit that he was the one who made Japan a political HELL all those years ago before he died, never getting caught. Dude 1-Upped D.B. Cooper with his slickness.
Hadn't heard of this guy until recently, pretty wild. I'd read that a guy he'd always hang out with at the pub was trying to organise the funeral for him as he'd considered him a friend for the years that he'd known him.
The only Japanese terrorist group I had heard of previously was Aum Shinrikyo from the 90s, and that was because they'd used an outback Australian sheep station as a testing ground for the sarin gas they would later use in the Tokyo subway sarin attack. There was also an incident of seismic activity originating near the station, which after finding out that the group had hired 2 nuclear scientists from Russia and had been mining uranium, it was speculated that they had tested a bomb there.
This guy was a Anime in the making ! Crazy orignal
The definition of; “I’m not even mad, that’s amazing”
Joey definitely reads comments.
Honestly if it happens to me I'm not even gonna be mad but impressed especially he just leaves next day 😭😭🤧🤧 bro is a menace to society and to the victims broooo
I don't feel either amazed by how he left out with such revelation after 50 years of runaway nor either heartless to the point of wishing to see him behind bars or even getting the death penalty. I'm probably one of the few who would feel probably as frustrated as the victims, their relatives and the japanese authorities spending their lifetime looking for that criminal.
12:05 "The family actually found out that he had died after he already passed away" You don't say?
Kinda reminds me of that one episode of Black Lagoon, in which a similar person from an extremist group was on the run. My truth be told he probably just wanted to quit running and come to terms with the time he had left. There is a former musician who is also on the run in the US, who lives out in the country for some non-terroristic crimes to this very day (source National Public Radio story 2023).
So.....where's the link to the wikipedia article ? It's a little nit pick that bothers me. When creators say " i will leave the link in the descrption ".... but then said link is not there. Maybe someone forgot or whatever ? I DK , if you are not gonna do the thing , don't say you are gonna do said thing.
So he wasn't found or caught, he only made a confession because he's going to die.
I've seen this dude's face every day when I walk past any police box for the last 12 years. It's crazy
lmao rosseta stone, how much did they pay you to have to recommend that shit
Honestly, I didn't think he was cool, because he isn't, he's awful. And I didn't think about finally getting justice, the only thing I thought was that I was glad that at least victims and their families have some closure.
Great story but what did he actually do joey?
Bro's a menace
I saw that person's picture everywhere. I was like, "who the hell?"
when you tell me this story it feels like a video game, GG well played mate, 50 years. thats a long time! impressive! must be some achievement!
i would not say badass per say. but like i said its saying GG to the enemy player that was very good!
he's the joker, baby
My question is how did he hide in plain sight for fifty years. The police evidently stopped looking for him a year or two after the arrests of the others. So it was probably pretty easy to get a new identity. But what was that identity and where did he work? Did he keep those terrorist thoughts and ideals or did he change his mind?
Does the doctor get the Prize money?
But the pictures are still hanging everywhere i go
I haven’t even watched this but I know the guys face so well because of his face being plastered ALL over Japan
The best part was the guy whose photo is next to his on the wanted poster got caught because they would show the pair in the news.
I wonder what kind of life is 50 years of hiding
I actually think it makes him look cowardly not badass. He waited until no one would hold him up for what he did to confess.
He was basically playing his cards until he had nothing left to lose. Why would he willingly expose himself if he’s on the run during his hay day?
It may look cowardly but it's relatable as fuck lmao. Who would expose themselves like that?
If he believed he did nothing wrong, then it's not cowardly. At least I'm assuming you're talking about "being cowardly for not owning up to what he did", but I mean, you can't own up to something if you did what you believe was right.
It would require to see what he did as wrong, which is clear he didn't as he was willing to go into hiding for 50 years. The only reason he said his name was because he didn't want to die under a fake name, it wasn't to repent or pay for his crimes.
I didn't think "based" during this video. Rather, I just thought that might also have confessed at that point.
"the family actually found out that he died after he had already passed away" -Joey 2024 😂
12:04
The history of plot twist in 2024.
don't worry Joey we already have Duolingo
After all those years, the thrill from hiding probably subsided since nobody can find him during his peak and no one knows his face anymore, due to age. I think he did what he did in the end to sort of make people "remember him" again. To not fall into irrelevancy. I mean, sure he's the most wanted man in Japan, but it's most likely, that people remember the face of the person on the posters, and not his present face. Besides, he's got nothing to lose, and who knows? Maybe he went down that way to sort of "inspire" others to be like him. Now, that would be unfortunate.
His real name is Semu Haido, and he really did get away with this.
is it... though?! I feel like he knew he was going off from this world and had guilty conscience and wanted to let everyone knows he was alive. The fact he peace out the following day means he let himself go.
He had the presentation
just because someone is a bad person doesn't mean they cannot possess quaiities that are in some way admirable
Bro pulled a Gol D. Roger
Yeah man, no shit.
He was like the kid who won at hide and seek and just had to show how he won. Honestly though I think he might have told them that, as a last good deed to get this search and worries to stop. Impressive he manage to stay hidden for that long though.
They would have found him earlier if they got Detective Aki on the case!
The craziest thing is we shall never find out how he managed to do it
2:04 yo is that akira toriyama on the bottom poster?😭
12:05 "the family actually found out that he had died after he had already passed away"
This made me laugh
This guy was dumped in Tokyo Bay back in the 70s
The “cool” impression comes from the sheer skill needed to hide for 50 years from the government. Separate the art from the artist in this case
Hey joey if you might wonder why this incident was kinda badass then I recommend you listen Bo Burnham's song SAD cause I was listening it and its lyrics made me giggle but made me think maybe just maybe its something true people most of the time make fun of old tragedies as jokes or thinks its cool cause its very old news and nothing to do with them and it doesn't happen with recent ones
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