This is one of those stories that if this came out of the imagination of someone's mind, it would be immediately dismissed as being too fantastical. Instead, this really happened in Japan in the late 90's. Maybe if you're Japanese, you might understand and/or agree with what happened with this show at the time, but since I'm American, it's just stunning to see. I would think that someone has already purchased the rights to make a fictional piece of this event, because if it's done right, everyone's going to want to see it.
When watching this documentary, I also thought of Stanley Milgram, and his experiments on how far people will go to obey authority, no matter how bizarre or horrible it is. When Nasubi agreed to repeat this game in Korea, after enduring the game in Japan for nearly a year, my heart really went out to him. The creator said he pounded him for about three hours until he accepted. How is someone - especially in his mental state at that time - going to fight back on that?
Thankfully, it seems that Nasubi emerged from this as basically OK. It would have been very easy to have been suicidal or have severe mental problems after undergoing this situation. I wish Nasubi well.
When watching this documentary, I also thought of Stanley Milgram, and his experiments on how far people will go to obey authority, no matter how bizarre or horrible it is. When Nasubi agreed to repeat this game in Korea, after enduring the game in Japan for nearly a year, my heart really went out to him. The creator said he pounded him for about three hours until he accepted. How is someone - especially in his mental state at that time - going to fight back on that?
Thankfully, it seems that Nasubi emerged from this as basically OK. It would have been very easy to have been suicidal or have severe mental problems after undergoing this situation. I wish Nasubi well.
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