Author: Shubham Vernekar
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Languages : en
Pages : 29
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Yoshie Shiratori, aka the Prison Break Magician, was born on July 31, 1907 in Aomori, Japan. He is best known for having an escape from prison four times. Yoshie Shiratori is Japan's own Harry Houdini, and not even handcuffs, copper walls, or dislocated shoulder could stop his daring escapes. This book has 5 chapters each dedicated to Yoshie Shiratori's different escape plans. Yoshie Shiratori is superhuman with immense strength he had suffered from extreme cold weather of japan to specially made solitary confinement for him.Chapter 1: Lockpick Method.Aomori, Japan, 1936, prisoner Yoshie Shiratori had enough he was forced to confess to a murder he did not commit. Falsely imprisoned in Aomori Prison, where he was beaten and tortured every night by prison guards, and now worse, prosecutors were seeking the death penalty.In his mind, it was time to go, but Aomori Prison wasn't the easiest to escape. Regardless, Yoshie Shiratori had nothing to lose. And so at 5:30 a.m., he made his move he knew there would be a 15-minute gap in the patrol time, as he had studied the guards' routine for months. And when the coast was clear, he pulled out a metal wire which he had smuggled in from the bathhouse and started to pick the lock.This was originally the metal support ring that was wrapped around the bathing buckets inmates use to wash themselves. His hands were stiff from the wintry cold but after a few minutes of picking, he had success, and his cell door swung open. But he wasn't out of the woods yet because there were more locked doors ahead.He knew he only had a few minutes left before the guards would return, and so he wasted no time attempting to pick his way through the remaining security doors. Now fortunately for him, he was able to make it out of the facility. But, the bad news was that he was only halfway to freedom. You see, he was still well within the search perimeter, which meant at any moment the alarm could go off and he'd still be caught.At 5:45 a.m. the guards returned, peering into his cell and this is what they saw, Shiratori sound asleep in his futon bed. But of course, what they didn't realize was that they were looking at something else, a pile of loose floorboards underneath his duvet designed to trick them.It wasn't until the next morning that they finally discovered the truth, and the alarm was sounded. But by then Shiratori was long gone. Now he had escaped.But things aren't always as they seem. In fact, for Yoshie Shiratori, aka the Prison Break Magician, this was only the beginning.Three days later he was caught trying to steal supplies from a hospital and just like that, he was back in the slammer.But this time for his escape attempt he was sentenced to life in prison. He would never be with his family again - his wife and his daughter. And all the months of planning had led to just three days of freedom, and now it seemed he'd be locked up for a very long time.Six years later, in 1942, in the midst of the Second World War, Shiratori found himself transferred to Akita Prison in Akita City. There the guards treated him even worse than in Aomori they had heard aboutShiratori's previous escape and were determined to make an example out of him they wanted to make sure he would never escape again.Along with the usual beatings, he was forced to partake in extreme manual labor, made to sleep on the hard concrete floor in the severe winter cold, and placed into solitary confinement for extended periods of time.Now, this was a specially-made solitary confinement cell that was very small and had a very high ceiling, with the walls covered with copper sheets so smooth that it was impossible to grip.In addition, there was almost no sunlight even in the daytime, with the only window light coming from a small sealed skylight high above.................................................
Author: Akira Yoshimura
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780156008358
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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"A thrilling tale of murder and retribution set on the wild seacoast of medieval Japan"--Cover.
Author: Akira Yoshimura
Publisher: Canongate Books
ISBN: 1847677150
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 225
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki have been destroyed. Japan is in ruins and occupied by the Americans. Takuya, an ex-officer in the Imperial Army, has returned to his native village only to learn that the Occupation authorities are intensifying their efforts to apprehend suspected war criminals. And those who are found guilty are being sentenced to death. Fearing that his role in the execution of a number of American pilots, Takuya takes to the road and becomes a fugitive in his own country. One Man's Justice is both a reflection on the murky reality of war and a page-turning novel of pursuit and escape.
Author: Edgar Wollstone
Publisher: AJS
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
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History is replete with stories of human survival. It is the cauldron of real-life stories that abound in characters, both male and female, who have grabbed themselves from the teeth of insurmountable odds and flown to a free and happy life. Then, what sets Yoshie Shiratori, the Prison Break King, apart from the multitude of people who have done extraordinary feats in life? Shiratori is a young and carefree Japanese boy in his 20s leading a boisterous life, committing petty crime for survival until one fine day he is suddenly incriminated for the death of a man in a street scuffle. He is imprisoned and faces brutal abuse at the hands of prison guards. He plots an escape and turns his full attention to the secret mission of jail break. But was it even possible, given that the prisons in Japan are extremely fortified? But Shiratori was no ordinary man; he has some stints up his sleeve to overcome the harsh realities prison life presents him with. This book tells the enduring story of a young man who in his desperate attempt to be free and reunited with his wife and only daughter, breaks all limits of human strength and tolerance that an entire nation stands agog in amazement. How will Shiratori break free from the prisons that are deemed to be “unbreakable”? Will he be captured for attempting to escape? How will the Japanese government deal with the national embarrassment Shiratori brings them, with his jail break escapades? Will he ever see his daughter and wife again, alive? Find answers to these riddling questions, sate your love for adventurous stories, and find your new hero in this book that quietly captures the sad life of a young Shiratori, in its pages.
Author: Akira Yoshimura
Publisher: HarperVia
ISBN: 9780156031783
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Based on real characters and events, Storm Rider is a vivid historical portrait of Japan and America in the mid-nineteenth century, as well as an exciting high-seas adventure and a moving story of a man lost between two cultures. At the age of thirteen, Hikotaro is orphaned and left to a life at sea. When the merchant vessel he sails on is caught in a violent storm on the Pacific, an American ship comes to the rescue and takes the young boy to San Francisco. With trepidation and hope, the boy-now dubbed Hikozo-accepts his new country. Still, he dreams of returning to Japan, but shogunate policy forbids reentry to Japanese who have been abroad. He tries anyway, only to be refused and returned to America, where a wealthy American adopts Hikozo and introduces him to a world of influence and power. Some ten years later, Hikozo returns to a Japan stirred into violence by the opening of the country. At the same time, America is in the midst of its bloody Civil War, and Hikozo finds that there is no place he can call home.
Author: 岡崎義恵
Publisher: Tokyo, Obunsha
ISBN:
Category : Japan
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Author: Saburo Ienaga
Publisher: Pantheon
ISBN: 0307756092
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 335
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A portrayal of how and why Japan waged war from 1931-1945 and what life was like for the Japanese people in a society engaged in total war.
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Category : Japan
Languages : en
Pages : 888
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Author: Saburō Ienaga
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN: 9780631110217
Category : Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 - Campagnes et batailles - Extrême-Orient
Languages : en
Pages : 316
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Author: Nobuhiro Watsuki
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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