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The eccentric director Eggplant-D never says "no" to any challenge
After days of reporting on a crowded jungle ship with no sleep or rest, Eggplant has fainted. What will become of him?
The Great Adventures of NASU-D YouTube Version.
Currently, tribal people exist in approximately 90 countries in the world, and 5000 tribes exist in total.
It is said that many of these tribes are in the Amazon in South America
Here, there are more than one million tribal people.
The crew have come to visit these tribal people, who introduce them to other tribal people
It is the "Circle of tribes"
This is the crew's first time reporting in the Amazon. They head to the town of a combat tribe called the Awafun Tribe, which every explorer dreams of visiting
Don't go any further
This is serious
They're telling us to stop
The tribe attacks with guns and spears
The crew then visits the Shipibo Tribe's town, where the native people introduce Eggplant to a fruit called "Wito," which is good for the skin
When encouraged to try something. Eggplant never says "no". He rubs it all over his body
Little did he know
that "Wito" was a type of tattoo ink
Do I look beautiful?
Hehehe
2 hours later...
You look blue
You can't go back now
Wash all you want but this won't come off
From here, the man transforms into the super-black Nasu ("Eggplant") Director
The struggle is real
My eyes hurt too
Daddy, is this man dying?
He might be.
Everyone's staring
Seriously?
At me?
They were taking videos
of you
The people passing by can't help but stare at his black face
They're all laughing
WHY!? They're all laughing
WHY!? Because your face is black
Right as Eggplant is about to board the ship which will head to the Amazon...
You look suspicious. Show me your passport.
Here you go You look suspicious. Show me your passport.
Huh? You're not black in this photo! This isn't you!
Can you speak Spanish?
They're suspicious Can you speak Spanish?
Hey black guy! Come here!
They're demanding to see my passport
You look nothing like your photo!
Ohh...my baggage
What's your nationality?
They're suspicious
They're saying
"You look different from your photo!"
So are you black or not?
No black ("I'm not black")
I don't blame them
I do look creepy
After trying to explain himself for 10 minutes, Eggplant is allowed on the ship, under 2 conditions
Japan black
Cha...Cha-pon Black Japon Black
He's totally crazy Cha-pon black
1st condition: He cannot walk around the passengers' rooms as he may scare people
2nd condition: He must sleep atop the ship, and in a corner, so he doesn't stand out
Captain
Captain
I'm Renan.
Hi, Oren I'm Renan.
Even under harsh circumstances
This is amazing
This is going to be fun for sure
Beyond that horizon
is the Amazon River
Is the Amazon River bigger than this river?
It's way bigger.
So it's going to take 3 or 4 days to reach the Amazon?
If the river flow is fast we'll arrive in 4 days
but sometimes it takes 5 or 6 days
The fee to ride "Henry" is about $31.52. This includes meals (3 meals a day)
The head chef of the ship....
My name is Anhel
Tell me in advance if you're going to film me
Because I need to put on make-up
.....is gay
He's funny
This ship does not use
a sonar system or GPS
Thus, it is crucial that the navigator has skill and good eyesight
Since it takes so much strength to navigate, 3 navigators take turns
The chef must wake up at 3 AM
He told me to tell him in advance if we're filming so he can put on makeup
but he doesn't look that different
This ship, named "Henry," has companions
We just passed by a different "Henry"
This ship's a "Henry," that ship's a "Henry"...
That one is "Henry 2"
The biggest one is "Henry 8"
Tomorrow we'll pass by "Henry 1"
Distributing the food is the chef's job, too
After returning to his room to change into his uniform and put on makeup, Anhel comes back
He rings a bell and the passengers flood the kitchen
It was shocking how he was clearly giving more food to the men he found attractive
Heaps of meat were found on Anhel's boyfriend's plate
The kids gather after hearing rumours about a mysterious purple man on the ship
There was commotion on the ship
so we looked outside
to find a certain black director
running alongside the ship on a small boat
Everyone thinks he's a pirate
Everyone's scared
Everyone's kind of put off
When your face is black and you're filmed from the side
you will totally look like a pirate. He looks creepy.
Between Pucallpa and Iquitos
"Henry" will be stopping at more than 60 towns
On this boat, you can reach a place which takes 1 hour to reach on "Henry" in 5 minutes
Look at the navigator's dirty butt
The boat reaches a town called "Contamana"
The crew first head to the largest marketplace in town which sells various foods
Once again this super-black man is the center of attention
Mommy, this guy's black
He looks weird
That black stuff will not come off
What a sad life you have
Everyone's looking at me
....even the people in the back.
Mono (Monkey)
Monkey's legs
This is 8 sol (About $2.51)
They're selling armadillo
It's 36 sol (About $8.95)
...for one armadillo
Why is there a hole here?
It was hit with a spear
So this place has everything
Here's a hair salon. Look at that guy
He looks like Mr. Tenryu (Japanese wrestler)
Are all the hair stylists here gay?
The ship is leaving
Your ship's leaving The ship is leaving
Oh no! Hurry hurry
Gracias (Thank you)
Black Japanese guy and friends! Return to the ship now, we're leaving!
Hurry up and eat, they're calling us Black Japanese guy and friends! Return to the ship now, we're leaving!
Let me give you a discount
Stop shopping around! Hurry!
Black guy! Hurry up or we'll really leave you!
Back on the ship
a group of salespeople have come aboard
When the ship stops, it's a great opportunity
for them to sell things aboard and make lots of money
The salespeople feel pity and give Eggplant free pancakes
This girl gives him free food, too. Everyone is kind to Eggplant
Who made these?
My mom
Hey! Don't film me! I'm ugly!
Is that good? Wanna try some?
No! way That's half-eaten!
I feel kind of bad for you. No need to pay me.
Gracias (Thank you) I feel kind of bad for you. No need to pay me.
What is this?
What's it taste like?
Figs
It's a fig drink
It's good
In addition to drinks, Eggplant receives local staple food
Is it good?
Yes
There's chicken in this
It's stewed with chicken broth
It's flavorful
and it smells like banana because it's patarashka
It's like curry-flavored mochi (rice cake)
or...
mochi with a curry flavor
....Wait, that's the same
Eggplant will eat anything the tribal people encourage him to eat
Try this, it's good
Bon appetit
He has eaten food from the jungle, such as cacao and the core of corn
and has even tasted a child's hand.
He drank contaminated river water,
bit into the head of a raw fish,
and ate a live snail.....which turned off the people nearby
Wanna try fish from the jungle?
She gave me free fish
It's good! It's boiled!
Ow!
It'll hurt if you bite into it like that!
Owww
What are you doing? You can't eat the bones
You don't even know how to eat a fish?
I cut my mouth open
Did the bones stab your mouth?
Multiple times
Sigh....
I give up on this guy
He never listens to anything I say
At this rate
you'll die someday
Something bad is bound to happen to you
The ship continues to head towards the great Amazon
Eggplant has no time to rest. He must film the meal preparations
The chef mashes and kneads green bananas
and along with some seasoning, puts them in a pot full of boiled chicken.
He then adds rice, salt, powdered bay leaf, and chopped coriander. He finishes the mixture off by adding beer
Wow I got so much!
It's like porridge.
After he finishes reporting at the kitchen, Eggplant helps the passengers unload goods
Whoa hey!! Bees!
Right then
Oh no! Avispa (Hornets)!!
Avispa attack!!
Hoo Avispa attack!
Oh no no no
no no no
I'm attracting them because I'm black
They're coming for you
I got stung like crazy
I got stung in 5 places
5!? I got stung in 5 places
These hornets are relentless
Even after being stung, Eggplant was laughing
I don't even know what this is
I was the last one to get my meal.
That's why it's so soggy
Let me try some
I'm not even going to use utensils
I just threw my fork over there
Whoa! Wait..........um.....
What!?
See this? There is no way this will taste good
It's so soggy
What!!?
It's like porridge with an Asian taste
that you would find at "Monsoon Cafe" (Japanese restaurant)
There's coriander and spices in here
It's like medicinal porridge
A jungle-style medicinal porridge
Yes.
It's very good
Wait though, this can't possibly taste good right?
I mean look at it.
Let me try some
MUY RICO! (Very good)
When you keep saying "this is good" for everything you eat
The viewers will start doubting
your sense of taste
I know this because I'm a director
Sometimes you have to say that something's not good. That way it's more believable when you say that something is good
I want to use this technique
So here's a demonstration....
WHOA (that's bad)
But no, really, this is good
It's like Ochazuke (boiled rice in tea) from Nagatanien (Famous Japanese food manufacturer)
If Nagatanien
were to make a Jungle-flavored Ochazuke
it would taste like this
Surprisingly Eggplant provides a good food review
What's your nationality?
Japon (I'm Japanese)
Huh?
Japon (I'm Japanese)
You're Japanese?
I'm Japanese You're Japanese?
Are you really Japanese?
I'm Japanese Are you really Japanese?
I had a premature baby at Pucallpa, which was born 6 months early
I was at a big hospital in Lima
so my husband hasn't seen the baby yet
Everyone becomes friends on the ship
so they see each other off
It's 3 AM. Eggplant hasn't slept but he must film the meal preparation
Unloading the passengers' goods has now become a routine job for him
This is so heavy
He is allowed permission to film the cargo
This ship is a jungle delivery service
"Henry" is the only ship running from Pucallpa to Iquitos
...that carries people
It's a jungle delivery service and a jungle bus
Hurry up and bring those! We're leaving!
When asked to help he never says "no" and works hard as if he were a crew member
Eggplant is a hardworking man
He carries the goods to land
He has only gotten 2 hours of the sleep in the past 3 days
He looks hyper here, and has no idea that the countdown to his epic faint was beginning....
Eggplant continues to work hard without complaining
At the next town he helps to unload goods in an accustomed way, as if he were a crew member
Note: Eggplant is an employee at TV Asahi (Japanese TV station)
There are a few-hundred passengers on "Henry"
and they're getting off one by one
The number of passengers decrease
At each stop, Eggplant helps to unload goods
He continues to meet and part with the tribal people. Eggplant's crazy reporting journey continues
I've memorized
the faces of the passengers on this ship
I don't talk to them because of the language barrier
But we greet each other every day
and some people smile at me when they pass by
It's sad to think these people are leaving
Inside the ship, Eggplant must interview the head chef
He has no time to rest
The navigator even let his assistant go
and made me his worker
How many times have you been on this boat?
About 50
He's totally using me
for free
A word of advice: Don't ride this boat
Eggplant's face even scares animals
Gracias. Thank you.
Gracias (Thank you)
Gracias (Thank you so much)
That thing's huge!
What is it?
A green iguana
They're not rare here
They were once the buzz in Japan and were sold at pet stores.
Ones this big that you could have as pets
Gay chef Anhel sends Eggplant off with a passionate gaze
Bye! I love you!
Director Tomoyori (a.k.a Eggplant-D')s dream is to see the Amazon River with his own eyes
This is a childhood dream which he gave up on at times. But he was close to realizing it
It's 12 at midnight. Eggplant is awake as he must interview passengers getting of at Requena
It's 12 AM and we're at Requena.
Everyone's asleep
The atmosphere is the same as when it's 1 or 2 AM in Japan
People here go to sleep early
Would you buy grilled fish at this hour?
or raw meat? 0:15:10.040,0:15:10.940 Nope. or raw meat?
The salespeople will come sell food
...to the passengers, who are still sleeping
What do you think will happen?
I predict that....
THERE WILL BE WAR
Hahaha THERE WILL BE WAR
Eggplant gets excited
Here they come!
Yes
Here we go
They're already selling the food! Whooop!
It's begun
Whooop
Yes.
Yesss.
They're forcefully waking the passengers up
Who wants boxed lunches?
Tapioca, anyone? Who wants boxed lunches?
Tapioca, anyone? We've got bananas too
Nobody's selling food to me
for some reason.
Instead, Eggplant receives the leftovers for free
How about some salsa too?
They're giving you so much food
He bites into a fish called "Llissa" from the head, then gobbles it up
Mmmm
The Llissa
The Llissa is gone
THE LLISSA IS GONE
He even eats....
Alligator
Whoa whoa whoa!
There's skin on this
He bites in, skin and all
He's eating the skin too
Hey you! Alligator skin is used to make wallets!
It's not for eating!
Mmmm it's good
Right then
1 AM: About 30 men wearing camo uniforms board the ship
These men were holding guns
and looking through the passengers' things
These are policemen
It's an inspection
A sudden baggage inspection begins at midnight
The policemen are checking the foreigners' passports carefully
Where is Eggplant amidst all of this?
This Lagarto(Alligator) has legs
He was still eating the alligator, legs and all
Where are the legs?
The legs are good too
A policeman spots Eggplant and...
Whoa! How can you eat that part of the alligator?
Amazing, let me take a photo
Oh, he's a policeman
He is? Oh, he's a policeman
He has a gun
The alligator has been reduced to just bones
You look like you're falling alseep
I am You look like you're falling asleep
You have worked very hard. So let me
treat you to some alcoholic drinks drank only by the natives
He invited me to go drinking
because he thinks I've worked hard
This place looks creepy...
We're entering a shed
We're not doing drugs are we....?
Can I ask you something?
Are we doing marijuana here?
Huh? Are we doing marijuana here?
Everything here is legal
The special Amazonian jungle drinks are brought out
These are jungle drinks which have existed since old times
Do they sell this in Japan? These are jungle drinks which have existed since old times
Nope
You have to buy it here
This is Chuchuhuashi (alcohol made from bark)
It smells good! This is Chuchuhuashi (alcohol made from bark)
Wow
Drink up
The alcohol content is 38%
It's good
It's delicious! Wow!
It's good
It's good isn't it?
It's good isn't it? It's like a rich and mellow wine
and it has a rich smell
This is good
This is REALLY good
Have some more!
Eggplant does as he is told and drinks like crazy
This is a different drink. It's rum.
The color is completely different.
Eggplant tries some rum
Love it
It seems Eggplant is a heavy drinker
Here's another drink called Askalwaiyo.
It's so good
You're quite the drinker, aren't you?
Mmm good
Alcohol content is about 35 %
Yum
Here, would you like another glass?
Mmm
Eggplant shows off his Japanese manlihood
This drink is made from Camu-Camu (Peruvian fruit)
It's full of vitamins cause it's made of fruit....
You're still going to drink?
Alcohol content is 35%
Tired of drinking from tiny glasses...
Eggplant drinks straight from the bottle
Hey easy! It's not water
Good
You're amazing! Good
Look at Tiruntan's face
The next drink is VERY strong. You won't be able to speak.
If you can drink this I will bow down to you
The alcohol content is 50%
This is Pulo, the strongest drink in the jungle.....
He's surprised
Good, good
Mmm
Wow...
One more glass please
Are you crazy?
I can't help but laugh now
What a guy
It's all good
It's all good
He says this is very strong
the captain says he's no match for you
You win. You win.
Jorge, compared to this guy, I'm an amateur.
The captain says "I'm sad because I thought I was the strongest drinker
but now there's someone who's stronger"
I can go for more but now there's someone who's stronger"
I can have 10 times of what I just had
Hey, slow down!!
I've never seen anyone drink so much...
Then...
You win. Take this home with you
This is Askalwaiyo
Hey don't drink that here!
Take it home with you
I'm glad you enjoyed the drinks
I like you. Let me give you 5 more bottles!
I'll take these home to my boss
This time it's special. Let me show you how we make the drinks.
We're special
N...no....one...has...ever c-come....here...
◯▽×☆※ Hey
Are you okay?
I....I'm not....
I'm not okay
This place is organic
The air is so fresh
Everyone comes here to buy the drinks
They're making alcoholic drinks here
So first you squeeze sugar canes, and juice comes out
You keep the juice in here for 30 hours
Try licking this
Wow this is good!
I want to drink all of this
So this juice is fermented for 30 hours
Then, this is heated. The steam travels through here
Then you cool this down
so that it turns back to liquid
You leave the bark of Amazonian trees
in this sugar cane alcohol for 30 days
30 days!?
You're the first Japanese person to see this
You drink too much
I'm totally sober!
I'm totally drunk
This is too easy! I'm totally drunk
For me this is like drinking water
This is the last one, okay?
You really are something.
You're a beast.
Eggplant ended up drinking 7 bottles worth of alcohol
Jorge, you haven't drank at all.
Thanks I'll take th-
Hey, that's not for you!!
Please go home Mr. Drunkard
I'm just a little bit drunk
Let's keep in touch, okay?
Despite drinking a lot, Eggplant seems to be ok
Adios (Good bye)
I had a great time with you!
Do come back!
On the boat ride home he downs a drink with 50% alcohol content
After returning to "Henry"....
Amigo! (Hey, brother!)
the black guys back
Eggplant tries to get back on the ship when...
Amigo!
Amigo! Hey black guy! Get back on this boat!
He won't let me off
He's getting angry at me
He's telling me to hurry up and work
Back on "Henry" Eggplant heads straight to the kitchen to cover meal prep
He even plays with the children
Hehehe
Then
The captain comes over to chat, as this is the last day
He continues to talk for an hour and Eggplant is unable to rest
"Henry" is almost at the Amazon River
The Ucayali River, which we're on now, will merge with the Marañón River
and the Amazon is located beyond this merging point
The boat moves on to the next town
Reporting and helping out are fun
I've even become close with the ship's crew
It's sad to think I must part with them today
One by one, the passengers, who I've become close with, get off
We will be arriving at Iquitos soon!
Once again, Eggplant helps to unload the cargo. "Henry" has passed by 60 towns in total, and Eggplant helped to unload cargo at all 60 towns
The ship is about to enter The Amazon River, which he dreamed of visiting since he was a child
but having gotten no rest or sleep for 4 days, he was being pushed past his limit
Good work! Go rest in my room
Relieved by the captain's words, Eggplant's tension softens
he collapses and misses his chance to see the Amazon, which he's always dreamt of seeing
2 hours later, the ship arrives at Iquitos
but one man is nowhere to be found
Oh my god! Look
Is he okay?
What happened?
Did he get heatstroke?
Is he okay....?
This is serious Is this for real?
This is serious Whoa
Seriously, is he okay?
Whoa whoa whoa
This is serious
This is no laughing matter
....it really isn't
Oh my god
Will he be okay?
So he's unconscious?
Yes. He won't wake up.
This isn't some skit he's doing right?
No no no This isn't some skit he's doing right?
He really fainted
This is intense....
I was excited about reaching Iquitos but that excitement has gone away
This is an emergency
Are you okay?
He's okay!
I'm relieved. It seems he's conscious
Eggplant is very unsteady
Did Eggplant faint from fatigue? Lack of sleep? Did he get heat stroke from being too black? The reason is unclear
Should I lay him on his side?
Jorge, who was by Eggplant's side the entire trip, panics
This is not a joke.
This really isn't a laughing matter.
OK OK This really isn't a laughing matter.
Are you okay?
I will risk my life to save you
Eggplant has fainted moments before realizing his dream of seeing the Amazon
Though there is more reporting to be done, the crew must temporarily stop filming
Eggplant's companions continue to look after him at the hotel
The next morning....
JORGE!!!!
How are you?
Are you okay?
I don't remember anything
Huh? I don't remember anything
You don't?
Yes You don't?
It's not that I drank too much
It's more that my stomach was empty
and I barely slept for 4 days
So Jorge received a phone call from the captain of the ship
What did he say? So Jorge received a phone call from the captain of the ship
What did he say? He asked "Is that Japanese guy okay?"
He asked, "Is that Japanese guy okay?"
....why?
Eggplant does not remember anything
Before I knew it I was at the hotel...
He did not have any memory of when he fainted
so we show him the footage
Ooooh, I feel weirdly calm...
....Huh....?
We can just cut that part out