"It doesn't work." "The tape may be entangled." "No use?" "How about the reverse side?" "You have imagination, preservation, and heartlessness called destruction." "These words, in Sanskrit, are expressed in one word, "Aum"." ""Aum" symbolizes the heartlessness of the universe which lies at the essence of absolute truth." "And together with our pursuit for Truth (=Shinri)," ""Aum Shinrikyo" was derived from these two meanings." "Well now, if you are in doubt of your existence, why don't you knock at the gate of "Aum Shinrikyo"" "Truly, this actual world." "This so-called human world will take us into "Mae"." ""Mae" tempts us to believe that our whole life, from the moment we are born through to our deaths, is as if it were true and unbreakable." "But the reality must be that many messengers are being sent down." "For instance, there is the great Yama king appearing in the Sutras who exterminates evil people." "March 1996, Tokyo Aoyama Headquarters" "March 1996, Tokyo Aoyama Headquarters" "Hey, Araki" "It's Nakasone from TV Asahi" "Oh, not him again" "He wants your opinion on the Joyu trial today" "Always the same question." "Tell him to send it by fax." "Were you close to Joyu?" "Close?" "Well, I respected him." "He worked for the Space Development Agency." "I used to want to work there too." "How come?" "Why'd you want to work there?" "What about space interests you?" "Well, it's a kind of riddle, isn't it?" "A riddle, and mysterious too." "Like where do humans come from and where they're heading?" "Pick up the phone, ARAKI!" "Hello." "I haven't heard the details yet, but there were a lot of inaccuracies in the indictment." "But today they'll go through all those details." "At the official trial..." "It's about today's Joyu trial and some related issues." "There'll be a lot of questions today, so let's get them all via fax." "Is this a question?" "Do they have one?" "They want to talk to you..." "Tell them to send their question by fax." "But, they're outside." "I don't care." "That's their business." "I'm sorry." "But our lines are flooded." "Could you send your questions by fax?" "What's that?" "Is that rubbish?" "Uh." "No." "It's vegetable protein." "It's a meat substitute." "We prepare it like this..." "You have this everyday?" "Everyday, that's right." "Don't you get bored?" "No, no." "The hunger for all kinds of different foods is the influence of carnal desire on the diet." "I heard about a former believer who visited." "Asahara arranged a meal." "A surprise - a juicy, red steak." "That's what the disciple must have wanted to eat." "It would be a sin to eat what you want elsewhere, but if Master Asahara gave it to him, he could eat it without sinning." "I think it's a kind of love." "But, what's the difference?" "Even if it's the same food." "There's a difference eating with or without Permission." "Would you explain your meal?" "Not much to explain." "Rice, sesame, and hamburger." "But it's protein, not meat." "What's the egg?" "Just a boiled egg." "And this broth?" "Just a broth." "I think." "You see you can slowly lose your appetite." "Eventually you break it and you can live without eating." "So you want to reject those moments of pleasure that are." "I think, the most fulfilling moments of human existence." "That's what Buddhism teaches..." "Actually, I went too." "To sit in on Nakagawa's trial." "How was it?" "Hmmm, well." "I didn't think he'd gone that far." "It was a bit of a shock." "So he admitted to the things that media's reported?" "I just came home, so I haven't seen the news yet." "But probably..." "A complete confession?" "Yes, that's what it was." "It was a shock?" "Yes, what else is it, when you hear it from a person's own mouth?" "In my case, I don't have many of the worldly joys of the laity." "Worldly joys like marriage and so on." "So, even if I were to quit Aum," "I'd like to get training somewhere else." "So, more than Aum itself, you're looking for a place outside the lay world where you can train." "Hmmm..." "It'd be great if there were a system like Aum, a good training system but, as far as I know, there aren't any." "If there were a guru as great as the Master." "I might think differently." "But for now, I can't imagine anyone besides the Master." "Must be cold out there." "People have their scarves on." "Windy too." "News crews?" "What's it feel like from this side?" "It's been a year since the subway gassing." "And Aum's first case..." "Are you taping?" "No, we're not." "Would it be a problem?" "This guy is." "He's asked us, so we let him." "We're not rolling yet." "It's really about whether we use it or not." "I haven't spoken to the cameraman." "But, we're ready to roll anytime." "Now, you're saying we can't use it." "Right." "Tell us why." "Because we can't trust your show." "Please trust us." "Why?" "You don't respond to our requests." "This is a question of journalistic freedom." "I don't know if we're filming now, but if we were, will you let us use it?" "You don't know?" "I operate independently of the camera." "So maybe you're filming now?" "Perhaps." "Our camera is here somewhere among..." "Is that it?" "No, they're different." "If we're not filming, we won't use it, but if we are, then will you..." "You said you weren't." "How can you ask that?" "You need to check first." "But I knew we wouldn't use it." "Please trust us." "If we've got this on film, then we won't use it." "That should be a given." "I'm sure we're not recording..." "I mean." "I don't think we are." ""Don't think." There you go again." "Would you mind if we did?" "The Nihon TV crew are right here." "Forget it." "We can't deal with you." "Whys that?" "This is Fuji TV." "What's your problem with Nihon TV?" "Not Nihon TV." "Just your show." "Are you filming now?" "Please don't interrupt us." "Now about Nihon TV?" "It's not Nihon TV, it's your program." "Just a bit." "Out of the question." "Even now?" "You're shooting without asking?" "!" "But." "I just said I'm from Nihon TV." "But I told you not to." "This, neither?" "This is why we can't trust you." "I definitely told you." "What's your problem?" "You were blocking my view." "I was not." "Weren't you?" "Just drop it." "You're the one getting in our way." "When we're discussing it..." "Our position..." "Convey the position we're in." "I'll relay what you're saying." "But, we also have to evaluate things..." "So it may be hard..." "Take into consideration my position." "But, I am thinking about you." "Think about my feelings." "Isn't that too much?" "This is your job." "And yours too." "I'm being made into the object." "It's my face on TV." "Okay, okay." "Don't use that picture." "It's not my decision." "What I'm..." "Oh, forget it." "I agree, but the company stance of journalistic freedom..." "So I came to Tokyo wearing my sports gear with two bags and a backpack." "Aoyama was crawling with news crews and policemen." "And me, a nervous country bumpkin, totally lost in the big city." "The police stopped me, and all of a sudden started interrogating me," "asking my name and making me open up my bags." "And." "That's right when the media swooped down on me." "With their cameras pointing." "I thought, so this is what the media do." "That was my first impression." "Death is inevitable." "Hang in there!" "Show me the jacket?" "Asahara 's Hell" "Who bought the book?" "Well, either Araki or me buys them when we go out." "What do you think of it?" "It's hard to say." "Where's the screwdriver set?" "I had it earlier." "Who's singing?" "It's the Master." "He's got a good range." "Training does that to everything." "Once everything is explained, you can understand anything, I think." "Opening up the chakra in the throat frees the voice." "On good days, they say the Master can sing the full range of a piano keyboard." "I think that there are actually gods at the Fuji Dojo." "You feel spirits?" "Well." "They take the form of humans." "Like who?" "They have supernatural powers." "What?" "Supernatural powers." "Are they current members?" "Yeah." "So, here's a frontier with the gods." "But they won't show regular people." "They're not people in the Dress now?" "That's right." "They'd stick out if regular people saw them." "What powers do they have?" "They can tell whatever I'm thinking." "Even if I don't say anything." "Something like mind reading?" "Seeing the depths of the heart is what we call it." "They do this all the time." "And levitation?" "That's... just a trick." "I have no interest in that, and the Master says it will only come naturally." "I used to bind my legs..." "I like this with a seatbelt that I modified." "Why bind your legs?" "To get rid of karma from Hell." "So you torture yourself?" "Not so much "torturing" as..." "You see, I did a lot of killing when I worked for a company that dealt in animals." "There are times when you just have to kill." "Pigs, actually." "Well, at first I didn't want to kill animals." "But thinking about my career," "I had to, because it was a pork company." "So, I did." "You know there are so many ways to kill." "I did that for 12 years." "Not just animals, but flies and maggots too." "It gets linked to your performance." "So, I'd do it." "Spraying insecticide." "And killing." "Now, as a result, we have poison gas attacks." "It comes back to haunt us." "They're entirely different." "They altered the image." "But you can tell." "If you know who to look for." "It's so obvious." "I didn't get it at first." "Seeing myself talking on TV like that." "I was really taken aback." "I wasn't thinking about what to do about it." "Instead, I just thought how strange it all was." "Then, later, I got calls from my parents... and from my old high school and college friends." "They asked what I was doing on TV." "So, I said I was in the PR Dept." "Not really an answer, but..." "Your being exposed like that was because the people before you had quit." "So, it became all the harder for you to leave." "Even if you did, you'd face a lot of obstacles returning to the regular world." "So was this a choice of yours, given that situation?" "That's more the issue that my parents and friends were worried about." "How would I be treated by society." "Me personally that is." "Of course, I am concerned about Aum's public image." "That's a completely different burden I have to carry." "But, at a personal level," "I didn't care about the future or about the effect of becoming so public." "Because I'd already refused society." "And left home." "So, in that sense, I wasn't as worried as you might expect." "So, you weren't even thinking that you might one day leave Aum?" "Even if I left Aum, I didn't think that society with its values." "Values it would continue to pursue, was a place I could ever return to." "So, rather than never leaving Aum, it's more an idea of not returning to society." "Right." "April 1996 Yokohama Seminary" "April 1996 Yokohama Seminary" "I am now experiencing with my body the Buddhist doctrines that I knew earlier only at an abstract level," "and I feel that my heart has found peace." "We're thankful for that." "That's right." "Aum's teachings may be great." "But you have to apply them to make them your own." "So, although our human rights are being ignored and Aum is being abused, treated as if we're not human, still, now we can see how far we've mastered Aum's teachings." "Or, it's a kind of training to see whether we can learn them." "In that sense, I'm really pleased." "I know it's not a game of Othello but, still, in Othello even if the board's all black, you can win by taking the corners." "That kind of situation can happen." "But even not, I want to keep being white, to increase even by one the number of white pieces." "The Master's brainwaves are still." "That means, counter to media claims, his subconscious is in command and there's nothing like "mind control" going on." "The moment the Master came to the bank of the pond." "Something happened." "I hadn't thought there were fish living there, but when the Master appeared, they appeared in great number all struggling to get close to him." "Even from my position, I could see how happy they were splashing about, how really happy they were." "That scene feels exactly right." "And there were so many birds, too, which came flying in around him." "The lake was covered with them." "We, the birds, and the fish all became the Master's audience." "Listening to what he said." "Even the animals can feel his vibrations." "Right in front of you?" "Well, there were actually 400 people there who saw that..." "It wasn't a piece of bread?" "No, no." "Follow the path of Boddhisattva no matter how difficult." "The Guru is necessary." "But we also have the doctrines that the Master interprets for us." "And then there are all the classic Buddhist texts passed down." "I think that we can't do without either of them." "But there's no chance that Asahara will be released." "You won't see him ever again." "Maybe never talk to him." "That's true... 24th April 1996, Kamikuishiki-mura Near Mt." "Fuji" "Asahara Shoko at the opening hearings" "News about Aum's Asahara's hearings coming up." "Hearings of the Asahara Shoho trial will start at 10 AM in Tokyo today." "The defendant faces 17 accounts of..." "I'm sorry all I have here is a fax but, I have secured Permission as you can see." "For the 24th, from 2 to 9 PM and tomorrow from 9 AM to 9 PM under certain conditions of course." "Did you ask me about this?" "I don't know." "Nihon TV put the request in for me." "It's the first I've heard of it." "You have to get Permission from Aum first." "That's required." "Then, what's this?" "You need two." "First Permission from the bankruptcy trustee, then permission from the residents." "He didn't tell you that?" "Nakamura from Nihon TV arranged it for me." "Then, ask him." "But I'm sure the trustee told him." "The residents need to approve it." "So if I get their Permission, then I can come in." "Well." "You get that from me." "If you haven't been told about this..." "It's the first I've heard about this." "I shouldn't have to repeat what is common sense, but in addition to this" "Permission, you also need the consent of the residents on the site." "You give us these conditions here." "I'm wondering how binding they are." "What's the authority behind your view?" "You mean to just barge in?" "That's not what I mean." "That's absurd." "This is where we live." "So can I confirm this time?" "With whom?" "Right here." "Confirm what?" "You said that I needed to get your Permission to do my report." "Of course." "So." "What about this request?" "What do you mean?" "I mean... well" "I can't let you in." "I'm not talking to you." "I can't let you in." "So you're saying that I need to get your approval, the residents' consent, then, I submit this request to Mr. Abe and get permission." "Then, I come back and arrange it to go in with you." "Yes, this is common sense." "After NHK." "We'd like approval too." "We want approval too." "It's not fair for just one crew..." "It'd be more efficient to cover it as a group, rather than just one network." "That's difficult." "The bankruptcy trustee, Mr. Abe..." "So, as long as we get Arakis permission we're OK." "And Abe's." "So shut up, we're not asking you." "I was told that we need to negotiate with you to go in." "From whom?" "This fax." "Exactly!" "So, I'm making a request..." "of you... right now." "You just said you had the trustee's Permission and acted like you had the right to..." "Not, that's not at all what I meant." "That's what I heard." "No, no, no." "I don't want to blame anyone, but that lady started talking about protocol and all." "That's what I had assumed, so my language was a bit strong." "You see?" "No, I don't." "All right, I get it." "But now I'm asking you." "It's not practical." "When are we starting?" "TV Asahi hasn't finished..." "Okay, then." "With all the factors, like this here, I'm suggesting we all hold off, and please try to stop this petty feuding among yourselves" "Satiyan #6 is no good, so we'll do NHK here" "Will you let us film, if we promise to do it without making any individuals identifiable?" "I've never vacillated on this issue." "I respect facts for what they are." "So you mean... that you accept that certain things have happened" "that some unsolved incidents have taken place?" "My belief in the Master is unchanged." "I think we need to stop." "When I answer, I must come across as quite stupid." "Then let's stop." "It can't be understood with the mind." "So, no matter what I say, people are going to take it just to reinforce what they're already thinking." "Not what I'm feeling." "It's pointless, because regular people can't understand the feelings of people in training." "You're talking at cross-purposes." "This isn't going to amount to an interview." "Don't say they can't understand." "It's too easy to give up." "No, they'll misunderstand." "So, if that's the case, I'd rather not say anything." "Well there may be some... but we can try to avoid them." "Most of what I say will be misunderstood, I think." "It's really hard to do something without misunderstandings." "It's the listener who misunderstands." "There are very few people, us included, who really hear what the other is saying." "Few people have that kind of a clear heart." "Let's end this." "Was this shot by a member?" "We've been trying to record the investigations as much as we can." "This is Satiyan #10." "How long have you been here?" "It's my second time in the order." "The second time?" "I was in the order before, but dropped out." "Why?" "My carnal desires won out." "Food, sex." "Or desire for fame?" "All of them." "Hatred, sex, food, my feelings towards my parents." "The normal lot." "While I was dropping out." "I spent my time in general seeking for ordinary happiness." "You made love to a woman?" "Yes." "Wasn't it good?" "At first, I thought I'd get married." "But along the way" "I realized marriage would only lead to suffering." "If you really wanted to make each other happy, you'd grow close, get married, live the happily married life, grow old together." "Watching your darling children grow up." "People try to live this supposedly ideal life." "But even if they do, it ends with death." "The more you love, the more painful death becomes." "Does this relationship really make the other person happy?" "Isn't it instead painful?" "Helping someone get beyond these feelings, that's giving them true happiness, I think." "I cut off the feelings of romance and love that I had." "Not just that." "Instead, I'd teach the path of true liberation for the self," "Now she's in training." "Is she here?" "Not here." "So she is an Aum believer?" "I guess she's still in training." "What do you say, now that the leaders have confessed?" "If the Master said we were going to go save Hell, I think I'd pass, but I hope" "I'll become strong enough a disciple to go along." "We're all training much harder than when he was here." "That's a good thing." "That's why this happened." "That's right." "The Master created this predicament" "Precisely for us because he is trying to get us to train harder" "I quit university after my third day." "I quit because I saw the people around me and thought there's no future for Japan if these are the people who are going to make up society." "It's no surprise society's in decay." "So, I thought somebody's got to do something, someone has to work toward building an ideal society." "And I thought that I should renounce the world." "So I entered the order." "I don't understand that leap." "It is a leap." "I didn't understand either." "I thought you'd been taken hostage!" "Tough, eh?" "Because you're so sincere." "Maybe, just maybe someone will start to understand." "That's right!" "Arakis honesty just grabs you." "It's bound to move them." "They wonder how long I'll be doing this." "You are self-pitying yourself." "Like I said earlier, he's matured." "He really has." "When the Master returns, or even if he doesn't, Arakis gone up in level." "Guru Reserves Right to Plead" "Asahara 's Evasive Deposition" "Aum Members Huddle in Seclusion" "Yes." "That's right." "Today." "We also know that they're watching today's arraignment on TV." "Deputy Spokesman Araki hasn't stepped out, so nothing there." "He makes his followers call him Master and reigns... someone who ignores the law-governed state can't be taken seriously." "After a commercial break..." "A bad reputation..." "What?" " We've got a bad reputation." "It's pretty bad." "It's a test for the disciples." "The disciples' ideas about what the Guru is are destroyed." "One after another." "This is the point at which you keep following the Guru or lose faith and quit." "It's about destroying ideas." "You mean a kind of test, a trial?" "An act for the disciples' training." "You're saying some disciples didn't make it through this ordeal, this trial?" "What about you, Konta?" "It doesn't shake me." "Through what has happened, I've always thought it doesn't matter what kind of person the Guru is." "This is just an extreme I'm asking." "But what if there were a report that Asahara prostrated himself apologizing and crying out for help?" "No difference." "Is that because you don't believe the report, or you don't care if it's true?" "Even if I saw it with my own eyes, that wouldn't affect me." "You see." "I'm confident only the Master can offer the final interpretation." "It's not as if we were actually trying to invade the privacy of the believers." "Concerned about your name?" "How about yours?" "The media's?" "But you think badly of us already." "So you don't mind?" "A bad reputation?" "You're just quibbling with us." "I am not." "What kind of conditions are you asking?" "Money?" "Did you really need to say that?" "You're saying the same to us." "What's most important is getting the residents to agree." "I'm with him, with Mr. Araki." "Together?" "Yes." "He's a member?" "No." "He isn't." "I have a consent form." "What agency are you from?" "Freelance." "He claims to deal with the group directly." "Does he have the right Permission?" "Returning alone?" "With someone?" "I'll be leaving alone." "Can I go now?" "When I got home, my parents were waiting for me with these long faces." "They told me to sit down, and I could already guess what it was about." "Two parents?" ""We need to talk," they said." "They Dulled out a book." "Sure enough, an Aum one, "What's this?"" ""Asahara Shoko" I said." "So they asked." ""Are you reading this?" "You've even underlined it"." ""I'm learning from it." I said." ""Are you in this group?"" ""Of course, I am." "When I do something, I hate going just halfway"." "You said that?" "In front of your parents?" "It was the first time to broach the topic." "Maybe I should have comforted them, or been a proper child." "That's what they were looking for." "But that's not my role, so I left and entered Aum." "It's a good thing, I guess, that I have siblings so if my parents want that, they can get it from the other two." "I can't do it." "Won't do it anymore." "So here I am." "23rd July 1996, Tokyo Defense Plea, Ant-Subversive Hearing" "Z3th July 1996, Tokyo Defense Plea, Ant-Subversive Hearing" "You wear this a lot recently." "Yes." "Is the suit you brought today your own?" "My only one." "I brought it with me from home when I entered Aum." "Just one?" "Yep." "When did you use it?" "University entrance ceremony." "It's the first and last suit I had made." "Did your parents order it for you?" "That's right!" "You got it!" "Araki, your shoes?" "Maybe I can get some slippers." "You forgot your shoes?" "I wasn't really thinking about it." "We're on a tight schedule, so there'll be no individual questions for the speakers." "They'll be giving speeches." "First, we'll hear from Kaneko Toshiko." "Please step up." "Well, this is to say that, the explanations from Aum are over now." "So there seems to be said that Asahara instructed..." "Whether it is true or... 79th June 1996, Tokyo Kameido Headquarters" "19th June 1996, Tokyo Kameido Headquarters" "It is written in the Bible that each will go before Christ to be judged for the good or evil our bodies have done and to receive our due." "They've arrived." "Please step back." "First, let's address the transfer of leadership." "Who'll lead the order now?" "His Excellency Akiteru Rinpochi and His Excellency Ryokko Rinpochi." "Who're they?" "The Master's, um, sons." "His first and second boys?" "Yes." "So, your younger brothers?" "You're the oldest girl," "Yes." "But the leadership passes onto your younger brothers." "Yes." "The first through fourth children are girls, and the fifth and sixth..." "Please don't discuss our private affairs." "Even if you know them." "You mustn't." "You're not revealing any ages either." "I don't want my age known." "Are you representing Aum in some way?" "No, I'm not." "Is there a position inside Aum that you are filling?" "We all help the order." "But especially Their Excellencies." "As their older sister." "She's been by her brothers' side, supporting them" "I mean... well, it's natural but..." "Not just that, I'm here to strengthen the Aum position." "What do you mean?" "That's right." "For one of us to appear outside, that shows you how serious we are." "With the change in leader, you'll need to change your training." "I assume you'll want to." "No, not true." "There is a tradition of teachings." "By that, we mean they are passed down naturally from generation to generation." "So if you deny the teachings, there will be nothing afterwards." "So you haven't denied them?" "We haven't rejected the teachings, but there were some misunderstandings so, concerning our doctrine, we have." "Um mm, been, well..." "So you don't deny them, but some need to be revised?" "If we don't, you'll keep finding fault." "We're not "finding fault"." "During the trial, some believers say they were acting according to the teachings." "That's how we heard it." "How much are you changing?" "You'll change the posters, and?" "The tradition of teachings won't change." "But this poster is related to that tradition, isn't it?" "Related, meaning it's a question of whom you devote yourself to." "It sounds like you don't understand the structure of religion." "No one does, so... sharp." "Sharp." "Sharp, really sharp." "Standing firm..." "We want to discuss three points in this Dress conference." "First on the transfer of leadership." "Then..." "A little more..." "It's a secret." "7th August 1996 Kameido Headquarters" "They look like regular children to me." "Trying their best to say something by heart." "No." "You're wrong." "At first glance, they may look like that." "But, when I concentrate and listen, even now my mind gets this cold feeling." "Because you put this tape on." "Well, it started feeling cool a little earlier." "What do you mean "cool"?" "This energy enters..." "Your mind?" "No not my mind." "Because you're watching this video?" "You have a long way to go." "The photos are too small." "Have you met them?" "No I haven't, but I'd really like to." "Till now, it's been the Master who listened to my worries." "The Master's message was always intense, but I really like the children, too." "Their Excellencies the Rinpochi." "Each company can send 5 people" "That's for TV." "Newspapers and magazines can send 2 each." "And let me know if Osada shows up." "I did see Nihon TV's relay van." "The director called." "He's coming?" "Those Nihon TV guys!" "Shooting from the hilt!" "Really?" "That's their business, isn't it." "They've got to sell their papers, and get their shows watched." "I guess it really can't be helped." "There'll be time for questions later?" "We expect so." "Expect so?" "That's no good." "I'll check." "No one can report just this stuff." "As Aum believers, we have become the subject of these events, and would like the chance to express our ideas." "How long was that today?" "Boy, today was long." "The questions didn't stop coming." "Such dreary questions too." "If told we put sarin in the wells, they'd believe it and be terrified." "Or that rumor about Ecoli germs." "Jokes aside, I think there's a real danger of us being demonized." "Starting with the hijacking..." "Dad will understand your love some day let me hold your shaking back shoulder" "Good night good night baby, suppressing your tears" "Go to bed in silence tonight, good night" "Good night good night baby, suppressing your tears" "Have a dream of happy tomorrow, good night" "Nobody will take away this finally found happiness" "It is for you and me" "Let me wipe your tear-wet cold cheeks" "I'm saying that your group is under suspicion." "You can't just claim that." "What?" "You forgot about the trial?" "I know you're in the cult." "What's it got to do with you?" "Since you're in the cult, I want your name." "Why do I have to tell you?" "Everyone in the cult better give me their name." "I don't have to." "If you don't, you'll look suspicious." "That's entirely arbitrary." "See, you're acting suspicious." "Everyone here will vouch for me." "Get out of the way." "Get out of the way." "I'm not in the way." "Move away." "My friend's being detained." "Speak up." "Why can't you tell me?" "You're ashamed of something." "What is it?" "You've something to hide?" "What is it?" "Tell me." "Got a warrant?" "No." "It's voluntary." "The publics got to know what you've done." "Why won't you tell us?" "You're up to something, aren't you?" "Are you trying to hide something?" "Are you trying to hide something?" "Don't push me." "Don't push me." "Hold it..." "What's your name?" "That hurts." "Ahh." "It hurts." "You okay?" "You alright?" "The cop was dragged." "Pushed." "You can't treat police like that." "You were being questioned." "Obstructing the police." "Obstructing the police." "This guy tried to run." "Then he dragged our guy down." "He ran for it when we were questioning him." "Tripped up an agent when he was under question." "6:35 PM." "Arrested for obstructing the police." "I saw it all." "He's the one who dragged me." "I saw it all." "I saw it all." "Stop performing." "It's a dirty trick." "Stop this now." "Shame on you." "Cut it out, Mr. Araki." "You guys are lying." "No one's lying!" "How dare you say that" "Should you being saying that?" "Yes." "I should!" "You're at fault." "You're at fault." "He's been hurt." "You're full of lies." "A policeman's hurt." "Show respect." "You work for the PR Dept., and you dare say that." "I can't believe you're an official." "I'm telling the truth." "That's no truth." "Are you OK?" "We don't know who you are." "We need your name." "Without a name, you can't get treated at the hospital." "Stop being so rough." "Don't worry." "He's totally conscious." "Please stop that." "Get his pulse, his pulse." "While the ambulance is on its way, we're just checking his pulse" "Checking to see if he's all right." "Please calm down." "Step back." "This is an investigation." "Back off." "Please step back." "Hey you, who are you?" "Mori." "My name's Mori." "I don't care what you call freedom of the Dress." "You've been filming all along." "Good night good night baby, suppressing your tears" "Go to bed in silence tonight, good night" "Good night good night baby, suppressing your tears" "Have a dream of happy tomorrow, good night" "Can't believe this." "I have three questions for you." "How much longer will you be here?" "Till the end of the month." "Then you'll all leave?" "That's right." "I don't care how you live your lives." "But we're all human." "It's OK to be religious, but using the name Aum, really..." "We are human indeed." "We all have blood in our veins." "We feel exactly the same." "Really." "Seeing what happened today, I don't think you can be a mediator." "And if you can't." "Mr. Araki, then, you should go live a normal life and find a proper job." "Find a regular place and work hard." "I can understand how unnerving it is to see a disturbance like this." "But if you'd seen it from the beginning." "You'd understand." "If I'd done that, I'd want to sock you one." "Become a businessman, join a company." "Doesn't have to be a big place." "Sweat a bit, 'n work hard." "Bright guys like you don't need to do this." "If you're smart, what should you do?" "Become a boss, take charge of people." "I do try working as a missionary." "But, some of my friends are really in a bind." "Never had and never will have anything to do with the bad Dart of Aum." "It's like black and white." "Aum is black, and if you add that to white..." "You guys are all black!" "Black can never become white." "If you put it through a filter, it can." "That's our duty." "What we have to do." "You're a "filter"?" "That's right." "Your whole life as a "filter"?" "I have to be." "What's your given name?" "TA-TSU-YA." "Who?" "I'm asking this man his name." "Yasuoka Takaharu." "How do you write "Takaharu"?" "The "taku" of Ding-Dong, the "haru" of "security"." "Okay." "I see." "I'm calling about Yamamoto." "Has he been released yet?" "He was arrested today." "He's being prosecuted tomorrow?" "So." "He's being prosecuted?" "The first thing is stop him being charged." "If there are any Darts on tape that'd be good, we'd like to use them." "I don't think I can do that." "We can't do that." "We can't show you ...I mean... give you the tape." "We're deciding how to react;" "I'll let you know what we decide." "We should act before the police take advantage of the situation." "It's the same old pattern; hit, then knocked down, then arrested for obstruction while the cop grabs his leg." "I don't want to be useful to the police nor to Aum." "I'm totally neutral." "I need to confirm things for myself." "But can we say there's a tape?" "Tell them there's a witness who has proof." "They'll remember." "Good point." "There was a third party with us, a witness with convincing proof of what happened." "And that we will be relying on." "Given the inappropriate nature of what happened, we're requesting you to process his release quickly." "9th August 1996 Two days later, Kamikuishiki-mura 9th August 1996 Two days later, Kamikuishiki-mura" "You said I could have some time." "Did you figure out when?" "Can we do this later?" "It's 10:01 AM on the 12th." "This is the Criminal Division of the Joto Police Station." "We're calling to speak with you about the video of the incident in Kameido the other day between an Aum member and a policeman." "We'll call again later." "14th August 1996 A week after the incident, Tokyo" "About the cameraman, the police." "Well, this really was a set-up." "Using a one-page leaflet, we could link up to local citizen groups and groups opposing the status quo." "We're not intimidated by the police, and we are doing good work individually, but the authorities get away with more and more these days..." "The prosecutor is debating whether to Dress charges or not." "Of course, we want to convince him not to." "We and our lawyer want to negotiate with the prosecutor." "This is where the video comes in." "In Japan, once indicted, you have a 99.8% chance of being found guilty." "After being indicted, you've got little chance." "If you're charged, it's all over." "Basically." "And, in his case, the earlier incident means no suspended sentence." "In media, there's one principle - to provide the public with information" "And prevent it being used for ulterior purposes." "That's our first resolve." "I know the truth." "If I conceal it now, an innocent person might go to jail on false charges." "Can I ignore this under the pretense of making a film?" "I thought a lot about this, and I still am thinking." "As Yasuoka told you, our decision is this;" "We'll provide your lawyer with the tape." "I'm the lawyer." "My name's Mori." "I can understand your position." "I'll only use it in relation to the court case." "Thank you very much." "It's possible he'll be released before the trial two days from now if they accept this as proof." "Thank you for your help." "During questioning, the prosecutor said a video had arrived." "Then." "He left, and I was led back." "But ten or fifteen minutes later, he rushed me up and released me." "16th August 1996, Kumamoto-ken Night before turning Over the temple" "There's stranger stuff over there." "They were making pipes." "This is the best Dart." "On!" "Y special personnel allowed!" "This is pretty good too." "They did the cultures here." "Really." "It's got a fan and all." "They must've been doing something here." "A duct." "Maybe a culture room." "Needles, right?" "Horse needles." "Who knows if they used them on horses?" "What's this water." "Dunno." "Smell it?" "Maybe it's alcohol." "What if it were sarin." "Stop it." "The police checked it." "That's right." "Whose room was this?" "Murai." "His memo books are here." "His memo books." "Please call me_ Murai" ""The advance of science and the change in world view"" "The following morning, 8:30 AM" "20 dogs are taken away, 10:00 AM" "That religion, Aum." "And its followers." "Their way of thinking about things is out of whack." "The lot of them don't produce a thing." "Not a help for us." "Your given name?" "Hi-ro-shi." "Your title?" "Deputy Spokesperson." "And your age?" "The bankruptcy trustee arrives, 7:20 PM" "Let's shake." "Araki" "Thanks for your advice." "Likewise." "Take care." "What did you say?" "I couldn't hear." "That it's the end." "And let's return to society." "I think that's it." "Who spoke first?" "I did." "What did he respond?" "That we learned from each other." "Maybe I said "each other"." "30th August 1996 Giving up Kameido Headquarters" "Turning over the Aum Bldg. To the Bankruptcy Trustee 8/30" "Someone's up there." "The trustees, right?" "Is it your first time inside?" "Yes." "First time." "You're all from the neighborhood group." "Yes, that's so." "What do you think?" "Really filthy!" "Are there more?" "This is it." "Can our guards go?" "You ready?" "Please let us through." "We affirm there'll be no disagreement with however the trustees choose to dispose of it." "What are the Guru's teachings?" "Everyone." "Hurry up." "Kamei." "With everyone slowly leaving." "I wish you'd all call your families just to say you're okay." "It only takes a second to say, "I'm training"" ""and I'm doing fine." "Bye."" "We do that." "Your parents call desperate..." ""I'm doing okay, take care of yourselves."" "That's all it takes." "Whenever you've a chance." "That's all it takes." "I'll make a point of mentioning it." "I'm asking you formally, okay?" "In some cases, they'll be glad just to know you're alive." "He's a good, quiet kid." "I know his mother, and I'd like to believe anyone raised by a mother like that must be okay." "So." "I'm asking you, okay." "I understand." "Take care now." "I know your mother." "I met her before." "Really?" "Let's just say I really understand your sense of responsibility." "Convince her of that." "Tough to be responsible." "This'll do for the time being." "We'll learn from our experience" "and do our best." "If you're the spokesperson, then explain what the cult was doing spreading anthrax!" "The police aren't investigating that." "That's not the point." "We want something from you." "Nothings in the open yet." "I want the facts, too." "You're being too matter-of-fact, Mr. Araki" "That smell made people suffer for real." "I don't know if that was anthrax." "I'm not talking about anthrax." "Your chemicals hurt people." "I want to hear at least an apology for making people suffer." "I don't know if it was poison or not, but that's what they say." "Get out." "You bastard." "I heard that you were going to give a response today." "I was looking forward to finally getting a proper explanation from the Aum side." "But, this is what we get." "I'm really disappointed." "But I'd like an explanation too." "Causing trouble like this, putting us out like this." "If you can't even apologize for causing so much trouble." "But I did apologize." "It was really horrible having Aum here." "Their leaving changes that." "Next month, the members will evacuate the remaining facilities." "This is Araki from Aum Shinrikyo again." "I'm calling for Producer Morimoto." "Still in a meeting?" "What did you eat last night?" "Last night's dinner?" "Last night was..." "last night was white rice." "All by itself?" "Curry pilaf that's easy to make!" "Put rice on curry paste, then stir." "Voila." "Araki, what did you have today?" "Or, haven't you eaten yet?" "I've got important work to do." "And when you finish." "Same stuff." "Almost never changes." "Today." "Tomorrow, the day after..." "Which part is karma?" "All of it?" "You get the pus out of your system." "Impurity is discharged." "Sometimes over the whole body." "Huh?" "That looks bad." "Have you had this, Yamamoto?" "On my hands and feet." "I still have a scar." "Where was it?" "See here." "Looks scarred." "No, this one's from my motorbike." "I've called many times already, but I'm trying to reach Producer Morimoto." "Has his meeting ended?" "I want to give him my opinion of his broadcasts so far." "I keep trying to reach him." "Could you give me your name?" "You can't give me your name?" "What kind of company are you!" "I've been told before that he never got a message from me." "So I want to be able to say who took the message." "Personal?" "It's not personal!" "I'm asking you as an employee of the company." "They're avoiding you." "Could you give me your name?" "I've been forbidden by the company to give out my name." "You can't give me your name?" "What kind of company are you!" "I'm very sorry." "I've been told before that he never got a message from me." "So I want to be able to say who took the message." "I understand, but I've been told not to give out personal information." "Personal?" "It's not personal?" "I'm asking you as an employee of the company." "I can't give you my name." "I've been told by the company not to give it out." ""Sunday" Producer, Mr. Morimoto" ""since you don't have an adequate understanding of Aum, I propose... _"" "12th October 1996" "12th October 1996 Before turning over Fuiijomiya Headquarters" "Crimes on your hands, Aum, Get out!" "Members." "Wake up and Seek Reality!" "Counseling for Aum Members Provided by the City" "Your foot's better." "Yes." "Thank goodness." "The karma left?" "Maybe just part of it." "I thought it would take longer." "Well, compared with before it came out, before it got bad, does it feel any different?" "My body feels lighter." "That feeling that was Dulling me down has gone." "It looks to me... like a bad case of athlete's foot." "Athlete's foot?" "Maybe." "I don't know, some kind of skin disease." "Well, that may be so." "But whether it's an injury, or artificial, or something totally accidental, or a disease, it's a concentration in one part of the body." "All together, you can see it as karma that gets liberated." "Can I come up?" "Yes." "I convert!" "Master, Master, Master" "Reject sleep" "Reject Lust." "Reject Food" "Sunday, Sept. 1996 thanks, friends" "I want you to look at us closely." "I want you to record us." "We don't have a tradition of recording things." "Even if we did, people would see it differently, because we made it." "I want ordinary people, people who can understand, to see what they can see," "to hear what they can hear." "Do you think I can see?" "...Well... 10th November 1996 Sendagaya, Tokyo" "Good morning." "Come on in." "Morning!" "Sorry it's so cramped and messy." "So this is the main "hideout"." "Hideout #1." "Where you supposedly plot your strategies." "Hmm." "And you're the radical right-winger!" "Why make me a right-winger?" "You're the central protagonist." "No thank you." "Who then?" "PR Dept." "Chief Araki!" "Asahara shouldn't kill insects either." "Right?" "Well." "That point is... that's a difficult one." "It can't be explained quite so simply." "Basically, the destruction of life is not allowed." "Basically?" "Are there exceptions?" "No exceptions." "It's just difficult to put that in words." "Going back to Kamiku today?" "I'll stop somewhere on the way." "Are you being followed?" "Yep." "I n a car?" "The police switch at the prefecture line." "It's my first time not to see you in robes." "Is this your regular wear?" "I was meeting a regular person." ""Regular"?" " So-called "regular"." "People like Inoue and Hayashi have testified to the fact." "But, I can't really say for sure." "All I can say is that it might have happened." "When you read Hayashis testimony, it's really detailed." "Like what he testified at the trial, about using the umbrella." "I just think to myself did he really do that." "Part of me thinks that way." "I can't understand it all." "Human society is so contradictory." "Like all the murder of war." "In war, there's no blame for killing if you win." "But that doesn't change the fact of all those deaths." "But no one raises the criminality of that." "There are so many hypocrisies." "I've always wondered about these questions" "Like is there really a world higher than our human one," "These are religious questions I've always had." "And I've wondered who can really answer them." "Now these are questions I've had since I was little but the only one who could convincingly answer those questions was the Master." "So the things I learned, the teachings, and the things I experienced " "The secular world calls it mind control..." "These experiences, these things I underwent, even with Inoue's and Hayashis testimony," "those deeper Darts in me, it's like they haven't been touched at all." "There's this unshakable part inside of me." "17th November 1996 Hitotsubashi University" "How often did you meet Asahara?" "While in Kyoto, I met him 5-6 times over a year and a half." "After entering the order, I began to see him regularly." "In Japan, you don't see people choosing to adhere to values that others find absurd, or creating unique lifestyles like Aum has done." "(Masa'aki Hukuda, Professor of law, Hitotsubashi University) This is a good chance for you all to review your own values." "We'll start the QA with Mr. Araki, with that in mind." "Would anyone like to start?" "I'm happy to be alive, and think that can be a kind of philosophy." "Wanting to be liberated, isn't that also a worldly desire?" "They say Asahara eats like a cow." "Had kids and even lovers too." "I know it's a caricature, but it's true he has children." "He rides in a Mercedes and even has a helicopter!" "Talk about worldly desires!" "The general attitude condemns" "Aum for not apologizing or paying for its brutal crimes." "After the guilty verdict, don't you think that you should respond?" "Or can you continue to claim that you have nothing to do with it?" "That you were not the perpetrators, and continue to ignore the case?" "You walk kind of sadly." "You're walking with downcast eyes." "Would you like some hot water?" "No thanks." "How about apple?" "Apples grow, but you can eat them, right?" "It doesn't become a tree, right?" "The seed might sprout and grow." "The seeds..." "Do you have restriction on food?" "Yes." "Who took these photos?" "I did." "How come?" "Well, when I was in Kamikuishiki-mura." "I think the Japanese society will face much trouble if the Anti-Subversives Law goes into effect." "People will lose freedom of speech and freedom of belief." ""What is most unforgivable of Aum members is that."" ""They do not take joint responsibility for the numerous crimes."" ""Continued existence of this injudicious"" ""will allow similar vicious crimes to follow in time to come."" ""They are not human but aliens with human faces."" ""They are the shame of Japanese people." Wow..." ""It's out of the question to even discuss human rights"" ""for a homicide-committing group."" ""They would have been all beheaded if in ancient times."" ""They can possibly appear at any time,"" ""but our apartment has 5 entryway from"" ""where visitors can freely come in and out..."" "They call us 'injudicious group"." "Right." "Such expressions are used too." "I have no idea why they can say "not human but aliens with human face"." "Crime?" "Sa-ba-ki" "I see." "Once you are in the order, husband and wife don't live together?" "No, they don't." "They all live apart." "So that means no offspring?" "Basically no." "Do you train to lose sex drive?" "Training to lose sex drive." "What's that?" "Is there such a thing?" "Yes." "I heard of it." "It might be joy meditation." "I haven't been instructed yet." "What do you mean?" "It's only for those who need it." "You mean you don't need it." "I guess so." "It's only for with strong sex drive." "So you don't have much." "First." "There is the Universe." "Then Heaven, Arsira, Human, Animal, Hungry Ghost, and Hell." "This is our structure in Buddhism." "Even gods in Heaven have many levels, and human spirit is not so superior compared with the Universe." "However, you can flee from human sin and weave your way up to higher stages, then." "You will be happier." "This can be said from our world view." "I'm not interested in having a talk" "with a woman regarding her as a woman." "I felt out of place to regard women as feminine beings." "I must say that I was very uncomfortable to be with women." "Have you held a girl's hand?" "Well, just at playing in kindergarten at most." "Kiss?" "Don't remember." "Making love?" "I'm sure never." "26th November 1996 Sendagaya, Tokyo 26th November 1996 Sendagaya, Tokyo" "Democracy is at Stake!" "It's unrealistic to expect a verdict by year's end at such short notice." "Normally, you'd have hearings and discussions." "Only 2 weeks for that means they have their minds set on using the Anti-Subversives Law." "Thank you for coming today." "As we've announced to the Dress," "the Defense wants to show Aum in its current state to Drove that this Law is no longer applicable to the group." "Around l3 media crews, you think?" "You mean newspapers?" "They're doing interviews." "Too?" "Questions, yes." "Interviews on camera?" "Probably." "Can they show your face?" "Ah." "Well, preferably not." "It'll look better if we're open." "Well, my folks back home..." "What about me." "My family will never take me back." "It's a family affair, but my brother just got married..." "Personally I wouldn't care." "Well." "Maybe they can't tell." "It'll be OK." "You're safe even on the wanted list." "Maybe just a profile." "They'll only recognize Araki" "So you want us upstairs." "Here are again some documents on the Anti-Subversives Law." "They're filed up here." "When did you join?" "About 2,3 months ago." "Eggs and soy sauce." "Kelp broth." "In the police search..." "Lastly, let's take a look at the first floor." "Here, some shoes..." "This may be taken wrong, but in this kind of situation, under siege, you know..." "Society used to be more ambiguous for me..." "But now I've come to see society more clearly..." "Uh, I mean, I can't explain it well." "But..." "What about society?" "Well, ah, the hypocrisy, if you may..." "December 1996" "He's no 8uru, just a madman to me now." "As the chief perpetrator of the Aum crimes." "He should get the death penalty." "The 21st century will come, not Armageddon." "For those who still believe in Aum, and revere me as Holy Progeny." "Listen to me and disband Aum." "Don't try to fool the people!" "The Aum cult is evil!" "They strangled the helpless child and buried him!" "Asahara gave the orders!" "Why defend Asahara and Aum?" "Shame!" "Leftist lawyers!" "Aum murdered your colleague Sakamoto and his family!" "We demand the Anti-Subversives Law be applied to the devil cult Aum!" "So that this killer cult will never again threaten Japan!" "Lover of Aum follower 'fesses up!" "Love and sex of a fugitive." "Devil AUM" "Stop!" "The Anti-Subversives Law." "Hunger strike taking place" "Araki!" "The police don't want it, so have some tea." "Let me take a photo." "We took print-club photos yesterday." "With this on." "Do you know print-clubs?" "Tiny photos made into stickers." "We made them with Prof. Fukuda." "In Shibuya?" "Take care, Mr. Araki" "We support you." "You support him?" "As an individual, sure." "Not the Araki of Aum?" "No, Araki Hiroshi himself." "Is he happy for that?" "Can't show joy, can he?" "Because it'll turn to sorrow." "NO TRESPASSING" "The stink in there!" "Can't stand it!" "What's this?" "The engine is running." "It isn't locked." "It's already closed." "I got a phone call yesterday." "They're worried about me." "Who?" "Your mother?" "Yes, my mother." "She said there's still a lot of antagonism against us." ""Take care." she said." ""There are people who still despise you."" ""Watch your health."" "Or rather, "Watch out for dark alleys."" "Can't she come with you?" "Court dismisses Aum Ant-Subversives case" "We welcome the dismissal of the Commission with relief." "Our faith has been safeguarded." "It's over." "Blood was shed." "And, there's no doubt that Aum was involved." "You mean Aum members?" "Yes." "Members of the order." "Right?" "You've seen the trials and heard the witnesses." "There's no way they weren't involved in some manner." "What society is asking from you now is to react according to the norms and rules of this world." "Follow the proper courtesies regardless of your religion." "You caused people trouble, so apologize." "If you do have any opinion about the crimes, society expects you to express your position." "Well, yes, society." "Uh..." "So in that situation, ah..." "If we start admitting one thing - that would be like acknowledging all the images that society has created about Aum." "That Asahara's a swindler, and that we're all brain-washed." "I guess it's true what happened was horrendous..." "But can I confirm anything else?" "I'm the type who won't fence-sit." "If they ask why we're still in the order, I have no reply." "Delighted with the verdict, Aum members hold a press conference." "You think the issue would be solved if I go home?" "You mean, leaving Aum?" "If my mother's worried about me..." "Her biggest worry would be resolved." "But other concerns would emerge, isn't that the course of things?" "It is." "Her next concern would be getting you a wife or job." "There'll be all sorts of anxiety." "But would going home really..." "For a parent, anxiety exists because of love." "So it becomes the toughest thing to sever, whatever the worries are." "You've got to cut the tie to end the suffering." "But for a parent, that's the hardest thing." "It's painful for the family left behind." "Even if you tell them to sever ties in order to avoid suffering your parents will still live another twenty, thirty years." "Their wounds won't heal in that time." "They'll die with the suffering." "Those left behind can't be redeemed." "They can't break away." "Spiritual suffering befalls those who are left by the ordained." "If we all could join the faith..." "It' s an eternal theological contradiction." "Renouncing the world is impossible without overcoming this hurdle." "Renunciation is impossible?" "Well, I'd like to leave all behind..." "But family does Dull me back..." "Where will you be in 30 years?" "30 years from now..." "We'll be touching it out with Armageddon... 2 months later Kyoto, 18th April 1997" "Thank you for traveling with us today." "We're now arriving at Kyoto." "AUM." "GET OUT NOW." "Unity until we recover our Peaceful housing block!" "The Truth and lies of Aum!" "His photo shouldn't be there." "He shouldn't be worshiped?" "Right." "He's not." "People can see." "But it doesn't make a difference." "Will the photo be discussed in the eviction trial?" "No, they're just denouncing everything left and right." "But it makes no difference in this trial, does it?" "You're right." "Are we too nervous?" ""Your Honor, I'm on the Anti-Aum Residents' Committee."" ""I'd like to present a personal opinion that will help the Court."" ""The 5 Aum residents have forfeited collective responsibility for their crimes."" ""The stupid cult remains in existence."" ""Brutal crimes will again take place in the near future."" ""I. A true Japanese could not reside alongside this barbarous cult."" ""If we let them stay, we will be the laughing stock of the nation."" ""2." "By winning this trial, we will avenge the bereaved and"" ""the many who perished at the hands of the criminals."" ""October l997."" "This document has actually been submitted to the court, through their attorneys." "Eviction Trial Mr. Araki will join our struggle!" "Any changes in your outlook on society, before and after doing Aum's PR?" "I feel like renouncing the world all over again." "Leaving it behind." "You do?" "In a sense, in these 2 years after entering the order" "I had to face the temporal world more than ever before in my life." "What of the temporal world?" "What... hmm?" "When I met my mother in Tokyo once, my grandma was supposed to come." "She suddenly fell ill, and couldn't visit anymore." "Sick of worry?" "She's pretty old." "She has a heart condition." "She doted on you?" "Well..." "I guess..." "Our karma is linked." "Is Tanba and Osaka on the same line?" "Going to Tamba?" "I'm going to visit home." "Who is?" "I am." "Tanba?" "But your parents are in Takatsuki" "Grandma." "Oh, your grandma." "She's dying." "Say what?" "It's not that I hate my parents now." "I can explain that to her." "Rather, I want to fulfill the life that my parents gave me." "I'm here with Aum because I don't want to die an imperfect existence." "I want to continue on this road." "Aum Most Wanted List" "Residents Meeting 7th Report on the Aum Trial" "We Need Your He(D!" "Aum is Every Resident's Problem" "The Truth and lies of Aum!" "Aum Wanted List:" "Three Left!" "AUM GET OUT NOW!" "GET OUT!" "ANTI-AUM COMMITTEE" "Residents Meeting 7th Report on the Aum Trial" "I walk alone deep in a forest, To discover myself" "On a path that unfolds With the scent of trees" "At times, I am lonely Singing songs with the mountain birds" "My 8uardton angel urges me on, Telling me to sometimes stop my way" "You mustn't give up Aim for the M�suji Mountain" "And the cedars point Strai8ht to the sky" "Down and to the left The path leads back to my native land" "Up and to the right It opens onto a new departure" "It's been fifteen years now Since I turned my back on my hometown" "My parents have left this world I hear their voices echoing" "People put the peaks before them And read the direction of the wind" "No one to teach me, I decide myself" "People put the peaks before them And read the direction of the wind" "No one to teach me, I decide myself" "By yourself alone, you overcome The road you take"