13 Facts About Yoshie Shiratori

Yoshie Shiratori was a Japanese national born in Aomori Prefecture.

Yoshie Shiratori was born on July 31,1907, in Aomori, Japan.

Yoshie Shiratori's father passed away when he was 2 years old, and he was abandoned at a young age by his mother.

Yoshie Shiratori was imprisoned at Aomori prison in 1936 for a felony murder charge, and after studying the guards' routine for months, he escaped by picking his cell lock with the metal wire that was wrapped around the washroom's bucket provided for bathing and escaped through a cracked skylight.

At Akita prison, Yoshie Shiratori was placed in a cell specially designed for escape artists, featuring high ceilings, one small skylight, and smooth copper walls.

Nevertheless, Yoshie Shiratori was able to scale the walls, and noticed that the wood holding the window bars was beginning to rot.

However, the guard called the police and Yoshie Shiratori was arrested and sent back to prison.

Yoshie Shiratori was thrown into an open cell exposed to the extreme cold, allowing the guards to beat him down whenever he stood up.

Emotionally touched by the kindness, Yoshie Shiratori admitted he was an escaped convict and offered to be turned in.

Yoshie Shiratori was arrested and tried , but the High Court of Sapporo, having reviewed his case, decided that the farmer's death was a result of acting in self defense.

Yoshie Shiratori's wife had died while he was in prison.

Yoshie Shiratori lived for another decade working odd jobs to survive.

Yoshie Shiratori died after suffering a heart attack in 1979, at the age of 71.