Weird Japanese gameshows are nothing new, and I follow links for
these things expecting the usual forms of horror and degradation - lizards,
branding, that kind of thing. But this clip of a Japanese show called Gaki
No Tsukai stands out not for what it includes, but for what it lacks -
talking and screaming. It takes place in a studio made up like a library, with
the participants (including Kickboxing champion Ernesto Hoost) stifling their
laughter, screams of pain and retching noises, just like any student did in
their own junior high school library. And of all the degrading things I've seen
from American and Japanese television, nothing compares to The Old Man Who Bites
Tenderly.
The title of the show may translate to "Silent Library," but I'm not sure.
[Download Video, 36 megs, mpeg format, or stream it via
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