"My sister was dead in that forest" "While you and I in Yokohama" "Forgive me I don't know what to say" "But I've come here to see you, haven't I?" "You will forgive me?" "It's not a question of forgiveness" "Even mother said that I shouldn't come here" "Snack Bar Owner Slain by Youth" "Killing One Sister, Cohabiting with another" "Yokohama District Court" "Court of Justice" "Schedule of Hearings" "Judge's Office" "Good Morning" "You know Defense Counsel Kikuchi?" "We're graduates of the same school I've met him at gatherings" "How does he like?" "He has handled many criminal cases" "Prosecutor Okabe is likely to have a hard time" "The two lived together in a small apartment" "A brief period of happiness" "Everything's ready" "Rise" "The Trial of Hiroshi Ueda now begin" "On the charges of murder and abandoning a corpse" "Defendant" "What's your name?" "Hiroshi Ueda" "Date of Birth" "Sept 10, 1957" "Permanent domicile?" "Tsuchida Town, Kanagawa Prefecture" "No 28" "Where is your corresponding address?" "33 Hara-machi, lsogo Ward, Yokohama" "What is your occupation?" "Shipyard worker" "Arraignment" "The defendant is a worker at the Shipyard" "Located at Yokohama" "Living in an apartment house with his wife Yoshiko Sakai" "Aged 19, second daughter of Mrs Sumie" "Yoshiko's sister, Hatsuko aged 23" "Learnt Yoshiko was pregnant and want to inform" "Yoshiko's mother and defendant's father" "The defendant started to plan" "To kill Hatsuko" "On March 28, 1977, at 2pm" "He went to Town of Chogo secretly" "At the Kikuichi Hardware Store in that town" "He brought a knife with 8.5cm blade" "At 3:00am the same day" "He stopped in at the Chogo Motor Co" "Rental of a light truck for moving was negotiated" "Just then Hatsuko passed by he decided to carry out his murder plan" "He placed Hatsuko on the rear of a bicycle and pedaled" "At the crossroad" "Until he reached a lonely spot" "Suddenly he pulled out his knife" "He plunged the knife into her inflicting a wound that reached the heart" "Death resulted from excessive bleeding" "Then, in orderto conceal the crime" "He dragged the body from about 5M" "The body was finally dumped in a forest" "The charges are first murder Article 199 of the criminal code" "Second, abandonment of a corpse Article 190" "Has the defendant anything to say about the arraignment?" "An answer is not compulsory" "Whatever you say, favorable or unfavorable will be recorded as evidence" "I killed Hatsuko" "But the knife was not brought forthat purpose I never plan to kill her" "Hatsuko was going to tell Yoshiko's mother I wanted to stop that I took out the knife" "But I can't understand how it happened I must have killed her I have prepared to receive the death penalty" "The evidence will now be introduced" "Prosecutor" "Murder, Abandonment of a corpse ln presenting the case against defendant" "The facts to be proven by evidence are these" "First, the defendant's background" "The defendant was born on Sept 10, 1957" "His father is a farmer" "Graduated from Junior high school in March, 1972" "While studying further at a night school" "He worked at a factory in Chigasaki in the daytime" "As an apprentice, a temporary workder" "Diligent and with a genial disposition" "He never quarreled with others" "From about Oct 23, 1976 he became intimate with Yoshiko" "The second daughter of Sumie Sakai" "They met at an inn and elsewhere" "Yoshiko became pregnant in Decemberthat year" "Their relationship was talked about" "The two became afriad" "Of Yoshiko's pregnancy becoming know to their parents" "The two planned to run away and live together" "Forthat purpose" "Decided to transferto the Kinoshita Shipyard" "Located at Yokohama" "He applied there and was hired to start work from April 1" "Next, the preparations forthe murder" "From 1973, Hatsuko Sakai" "Worked as a hostess in Tokyo" "At various restaurants" "She returned to her home in 1976" "Then opened a snack bar" "The defendant went there with Yoshiko very often" "Hatsukobecame aware of Yoshiko's pregnancy" "She strongly urged an abortion" "On March 20" "An abortion was again urged" "Both the defendant and Yoshiko refused" "Hatsuko said that she would inform the parents" "To stop it by all means" "The defendant decided to killHatsuko" "On Mar 28" "The defendant finalized his plan" "At 2:00pm, he cycled to the town of Chogo" "Forthe murder" "He went to the Hardware Store" "There he brought a knife with 8.5cm blade" "To killHatsuko at the first opportunity" "At 3:30pm" "He visited the Chogo Motor Co." "At an earlier ate about renting a truck" "Negotiated for renting a truck overnight" "As he was talking in front of the store" "Hatsuko passed by" "Next, the facts concerning the murder" "On this day the victim was collecting" "Her snack bar drinking debts from The front of Atsugi Station" "She boarded a bus" "Going to Chogo at about 2:16pm" "She collected $2050 from Mr Sakakibara" "After chatting there for awhile" "She visited Miyachi at his apartment" "Above the snack bar Ah Li" "She left there at 3:30pm" "She walked along the bus road to Motor Company" "The defendant is negotiating there" "He was startled to see Hatsuko" "Hatsuko asked for a ride on his bicycle" "Suspecting that she was on herway to tell about Yoshiko's pregnancy" "The defendant felt that the time had come" "At 3:50pm he let the victim ride" "On the back of the bicycle" "While on the way home" "At about 4:10pm" "While they passed a flower shop" "They quarreled" "Kept quarreling all the way to the top of a hill" "East of the forest" "Knowing that this was a very lonely spot" "The defendant was ready to kill" "He intended to conceal the body in a forest" "At the countryside" "Suddenly turning the left" "Made the victim get off and walk to the scene of the crime" "He took out the knife" "Victim laughed at first" "But she was soon overcome by fear" "She said that she admitted the fault" "Will not tell anyone" "Don't kill me" "Despite her plea, the defendant struck" "Grasping Hatsuko with his left hand" "Taking care not to have blood spurt on him" "He plunged the knife into her inflicting a wound that reached the heart" "Death resulted from excessive bleeding" "Afew drops of blood on his trousers" "Remained unnoticed by the defendant" "Feeling ill?" "I'm all right" "Just acting" "Young and clever" "You may proceed" "On the way back home" "The knife was washed" "Then thrust into a field" "As he pushed his bicycle along a hilly road" "He met Goichi Omura" "The defendant said he had been in Chogo on an errand" "Next, the abandonment of the corpse" "The defendant upon ascertaining that Hatsuko was dead" "Attempted to conceal the crime" "Careful not to soil his shirt" "He dragged the corpse 5 meters" "Then dumped the body in the forest about 10 meters below" "Upon noticing Hatsuko's handbag and sandal" "Which were lying there" "He threw them into the forest also" "He intended to take a shovel late at night" "To bury the body, but he became afraid and didn't" "Defendant" "Come here" "This was at the defendant's place ls it the same bicycle on which Hatsuko rode?" "It is" "is this the knife that the defendant used?" "Yes" "On March 28" "Hatsuko was wearing this lt was torn here when the knife was thrust in?" "I.." "I think so" "Prosecutor, your procedure at the next hearing?" "I would like to call witnesses" "To substantiate the intent to kill ls April 25 satisfactory" "Quite all right" "The defense?" "The date is acceptable?" "Defendant" "The next hearing will be held on April 25" "Court adjourned" "I hope it proceeds smoothly lt might become entangled" "Was it premeditated murder?" "lntent to kill is difficult to prove" "Prosecutor appears confident" "Voluntary confession is evidence" "The defendant will become 20 in September" "That means attaining adulthood lt will affect the sentence" "Speedy handling is necessary" "How's the outlook?" "It's difficult to say" "Death penalty?" "No burglary or rape involved" "Legally he's still a juvenile" "Even if judged to be guilty 12-Yearterm at the most" "The prosecutor spoke as if he had been there" ""Careful not to have blood spurt on him"" ""The knife between the ribs"" "It gave me a shock" "May be for Prosecutortoo" "Not write by himself?" "The other investigating prosecutor probably did" "Based on investigation and confession" "Two prosecutors?" "You didn't know that?" "One investigates." "The other is the trial prosecutor" "Yamazaki?" "This is Okabe" "Hiroshi Ueda's first hearing has ended I read the arraignment, but" "When I said "Careful not to have blood spurt on him"" "The defense glared at me I wonder" "Did Hiroshi really say that?" "I'm sure you wrote it accurately" "But that part seems unnatural when it's read aloud" "You have some doubts about Hiroshi's confession" "Otherwise I would never have accepted his defense I think this case is complicated" "There's the wide decline of morality" "Hiroshi was a good boy" "The environment spoiled him" "His home" "Have been US military place" "Even it was the past" "But the scars continue to appear" "Hiroshi's folks were once farmers" "Just waiting now forthe land price to go up" "After his wife died, Hiroshi's father" "Took a Geisha as his mistress" "That environment is spoiling people" "Particular your people" "Ateacher's responsibility" "As a teacher I feel" "That's enough lecturing fortoday" "Will you help me?" "Help you?" "In what way?" "Ever been to the bar?" "I never go to such places" "Really?" "Two customers are to be witnesses" "On the intent to kill I want to check up on them" "But I" "You can do it" "You brought me into this I have plenty of other cases to handle I'll do my best" "One of them is a gangster" "Miyauchi lives in Chogo" "Hatsuko met him before she was killed" "The other is Saburo Tada" "See what you can find out" "The family environment of Hiroshi, Hatsuko and Yoshiko too." "All right" "Come on, show more pep" "Teacher Hanai" "You went to the trial of Hiroshi Ueda today?" "Aformer student?" "But..." "Always quick to blame the environment" "They're physically big but mentally immature" "Besides, they are still young" "They know the Juvenile Law protects them" "They feel free to rebel" "Take this Hiroshi Ueda case" "Classic example of a youth" "Who thinks he can do anything lsn't that right?" "Wait a moment" "The parents must be considered too" "Be careful" "Everyone seems to be criticizing my son only" "Sakai's family also has responsibility" "That mother has a reputation as a flighty woman" "Shortly after her husband died" "She got married to a real scoundrel" "He pawned her belongings" "Secretly sold a part of the fields" "He finally ran away with a hostess" "Hatsuko was working then at the US base" "One night she came home all muddied" "She had been attacked by 3 Gl's" "Her stepfathertried to rape hertoo" "What a shame" "Hiroshi and Yoshiko I think Yoshiko seduced him" "The pregnancy, I 've accepted it" "The baby is absolutely innocent l just hope Hiroshi's sentence will be very light I'm glad to hear you say that I want to help him" "Hatsuko's barwas sold quickly?" "Did she have money saved up?" "Sister had not savings but only debts" "You always speak ill of her" "She wanted to pay forthe abortion lf we had wanted an abortion" "Hiroshi would pay" "Hatsuko went into debt to open that bar" "She use all the money earned in Tokyo" "Later a signed loan agreement for $500,000 showed up" "Miyauchi brought it?" "Miyauhi?" "The barwas sold for $2,000,000" "But money was also used to settle other debts" "What she had" "$15,000 in her handbag when being killed nothing more ls Miyauchi the man from whom Hatsuko collected money?" "Tatsuzo Miyauchi?" "Ganster?" "I can't believe sister collected money from him" "Something's wrong" "Why?" "Their relationship.." "Lover" "What!" "Lover" "He was her man for awhile" "Really strange." "Does Miyauchi live around here?" "Miyauchi?" "Upstair" "You See.." "Went out" "Where?" "Don't know lt's about the trial" "Who are you?" "Miyauchi absent?" "Ateacher at Tsuchida High School" "Ateacher got to do anything with Miyauchi" "Know where he is?" "I'll go there" "is it that important?" "Are you a relative?" "Relative?" "Funny, something like that." "Living together?" "Shut up!" "Detectives, investigators, one after another" "Miyauchi drifted in from Shinjuku" "He was always at the bar" "Cattleya lost customers because of him I like Hatsuko" "Always openhearted and generous" "The police questioned me as if I were a criminal" "They wanted to know about the night before" "Tell me about it I'll do that on the witness stand I get all mixed up as well l have to be careful" "What was Hatsuko doing before being killed?" "Well" "She was writing in a notebook at the counter" "Debit and credit items" "Small red notebook" "About the notebook I asked you on the phone?" "Certainly" "Seeking something" "Just want a look" "Surprise me with some new facts?" "Not at all" "Can I borrow this?" "Of course" "I asked him where he had been" ""ln Chogo on an errand he said" "That's all" "You may cross-examine" "The witness said that the defendant wasn't looking well?" "Ever met him before?" "Many times" "He used to run around here when he was a kid" "When did you meet him last before the incident?" "When?" "I wonderwhen it was" "You can't rememberwhen?" "I must have met him often in the same town" "Then again, perhaps not?" "Well...." "You didn't know how he usually looked" "No basis for your judgment" "That the defendant wasn't looking well l object" "The witness is being asked for opinion lt's irrelevant" "Related to witness credibility lt can be connected up" "Objection overruled" "Counsel will avoid annoying questions" "Very well" "The defendant actually said he had been in Chogo?" "No mistake" "He wasn't lying?" "That road is a shortcut to Chogo" "Thank you" "The defendant spoke frankly of his actions?" "Except forthe killing" "How wide is that road" "About 3 meters" "Pushing the bicycle, not riding on it?" "Wasn't it strange?" "A criminal wants to flee quickly" "He'd ride on the bicycle" "His knees must have been shaking" "Witness is cautioned, answer only what is asked" "When the witness found the body" "You knew it was Hatsuko?" "No, I didn't I reported to the police at once" "You knew Hatsuko well?" "Since she was a child" "Did you ever go to the snack bar?" "Did you go or didn't you ?" "I went 2-3 times" "Be more specific!" "May be 5 times in all" "Objection!" "Time is being wasted with immaterial questions" "What is defense counsel seeking from the witness" "This is a witness to prove the defendant was there at the time of the crime" "Witness doesn't admit being a regular customer" "The defense expects to prove that" "Hatsuko intended to meet the witness on that day" "The prosecution accepts?" "If that is the line of questioning" "The defense may proceed" "Don't be tedious" "Your last visit to the bar?" "I don't remember exactly." "End of January?" "Why not afterthat?" "No special reason I guess I just didn't want rumors to spread" "That I was chasing after" "My wife would have pounced on me" "Quiet!" "You paid in cash?" "Sometimes it was on credit" "You owed $4,520 at the time of her death" "Hatsuko pressed you to pay?" "Objection." "That's leading question" "The defense is merely making a supposition" "The witness is refusing to testify on" "His relationship with the victim Hatsuko" "A notebook in Hatsuko's handbag" "Verifies that Goichi Omura owed her $4,520 lt is intended to use this entry in the notebook as evidence I am offering a copy of it to the prosecution" "Does the witness know Miyauchi?" "The fellow always stayed at the bar?" "He knew about your debt?" "Objection!" "The question is irrelevant" "What is counsel trying to prove" "That the witness was being intimidated by Miyauchi" "Your Honor, this is a mere supposition I ask that the statement be stricken from the record" "No further questioning of this witness should be permitted" "The objection appears well taken" "But why not listen to the testimony a little further" "The defense should not stray far away" "Did the witness ever drink togetherwith Miyauchi at the bar?" "He picked a quarrel with me there once" "But we drank and parted amicably" "The $5,420 was forthat time" "Very expensive for 3 bottles of Sake and ham" "But you promised to pay it" "Written in the notebook" "Yes, I promised to pay" "You contacted her?" "In what way?" "Telephone" "Promised to pay when?" "The 28th" "Where?" "At the station" "What time?" "At 5 pm" "The time when Hatsuko was killed" "You went to the station at the appointed time" "Didn't you meet herthere?" "You saw her being killed!" "Of course not lt was 4 days laterthat I found the body" "That's all" "What grudge has that attorney got against me?" "On March 28 at about 4pm I worked at the store as usual" "Ayoung man had a girl on the back of his bicycle" "They were quarreling as they passed by" "Does the witness rememberwhat he looked like?" "Of course ls he here in this courtroom?" "It was Hiroshi Ueda" "You remember Hatsuko too?" "I recognized herfrom the photo at the news" "That's all" "Cross-examination" "How is your eyesight without glasses?" "I can read newspaperwithout it" "Read this murder?" "I did, it was published in detail" "Without eyeglasses I put them on" "You said you didn't need them" "Without glasses I just read the headlines I don't understand difficult things lt's enough to see headline only" "The witness should only reply to questions" "The say she has a lover" "Quiet!" "This newspaper is of the morning afterthe body was found" "Did you see this photo of Hatsuko?" "I could see that photo from 2 M lt was the girl who passed by?" "I didn't recognize her at once but I noticed a resemblance" "The girl on the bicyle" "Which way was she facing?" "She was seated facing towards the right" "The right in the travel direction?" "Yes" "Your store is on the left side of the road" "Then Hatsuko must have had her back towards you" "Aface can be seen from any side" "Wasn't it after you read the newspaper account about the two people?" "That you thought you had seem them?" "Not the case" "The police brought pictures and asked if the two had passed by I remembered them at once" "So it was afterthe police asked you I thought you reported to the police" "Why should I have done that?" "I am very busy" "Being called here and treated like a fool" "How much time forthe bicycle to pass by I wasn't keeping track" "The witness should answer plainly 2 seconds at most?" "They were quarreling?" "Seemed to be" "Seemed?" "You didn't heartheir voices?" "A quarrel means a verbal dispute" "You heard what they said in 2 seconds?" "Objection" "The defense's questioning implies" "Unjust criticism of police investigation lt is inappropriate ls counsel stating that the witness did not see the defendant" "Not quite that far" "Then this is a bit tedious" "The witness may have seem them I wish to clarify if they were really quarrelling" "They were quarrelling" "That is speculation. it lacks credibility" "The prosecution will not insist that the two were quarrelling" "They may have been chatting pleasantly lt may have been with honeyed words" "That Hatsuko was taken there" "The facts of the crime that the prosecution intends to prove remain unchanged" "Please put your seal on this" "Right here I know all about it" "Everyone acting so arrogant" "Called out forthe entire day" "Atiny allowance of $1,750." "You made Omura flustered lt wasn't so much" "How did you know he was intimidated?" "I never knew it" "Just a random guess. lt struck home." "Miyauchi's that type I thought he might lt is strange to drink alone for so long" "The defense seemed overeager in questioning that woman" "Adverse result for Hatsuko" "What makes Kikuchi hustle so much?" "Not much monetary reward" "No money in it but the case attracts the mass media" "That's Rule No. 1 for a lawyer" "You'd better keep that in mind preparing forthe future" "Your name?" "Tatsuzo Miyauchi" "Age?" "33" "Occupation?" "Unemployed" "Your relationship with Hatsuko Sakai" "We were very intimate" "From when?" "State it simply I came to know her at a Shinjuku cabaret in August 197 4" "Later she returned to Tsuchida" "She opened the snack bar in Atsugi I moved in laterwith a friend of mine living in Atsugi" "So we took up again" "She asked my advice about the bar I acted as a caretakertoo" "At times I was asked to collect debts" "But never used threats" "You never intimidated Goichi Omura to pay his debt?" "Wouldn't dream of such a thing" "Liar!" "No outbursts here" "On the night of March 20 8 days before the killing, have you been to the bar?" "Yes, I was drinking in a room inside" "Hiroshi entered togetherwith Yoshiko I had heard that Yoshiko was pregnant" "Hatsuko called the two the to urge an abortion" "They had refused, she wanted to convince them" "Their mother and Hiroshi's father didn't know yet" "Hatsuko said she was ready to inform the parents" "Abortion was necessary" "Couldn't let her sister marry a youth like that I object" "The testimony is nothing but hearsay" "The witness is only relating his experience" "Some parts of it" "Such as the two had refused-mere hearsay lt is a most disadvantageous forthe defendant" "Even if it is as the defense claims lt helps to explain what occurred on the night of March 20" "Why not hear a little more?" "Objection overruled, the testimony can continue" "Where were the defendant and Yoshiko seated in the bar?" "They were sitting at the counter" "About that far away, I guess" "At first they talked in low voices" "Then Hiroshi shouted" ""Why are you so unwilling to trust me"" "Hatsuko signaled to me with her eyes" "As if to say, 'see the trouble I'm having?"" "I knew at once what did she want" "What?" "That Hiroshi's father should be told" "What aftertrouble I'm having?" "Don't be foolish, just do as I say" "Go to Hospital tomorrow" "No, I'm going to give birth to the baby" "Hiroshi wanted to leave" "Wait!" "Supposing I inform our parents?" "Stop interfering on" "What will you do?" "That's the way the conversation went I felt the situation was dangerous" "What do you mean by dangerous" "Hoodlums often have fights around Atsugi" "When Hiroshi said stop interfering" "He looked like one of them lt sounded like he meant I'll kill you?" "I object!" "That's a very serious leading question" "Objection sustained" "Prosecutor, reframe your question" "Hatsuko and the defendant quarreled vehemently" "You were there at that time" "Yes, indeed" "That's all" "Defense may cross-examine" "The witness first meet Hatsuko at a Shinjuku cabaret ln what way?" "I was a customer and we became intimate I started living with Hatsuko at her apartment" "From when?" "October 1974" "After meeting in August?" "It was Hatsuko's idea" "Working then?" "Unemployed" "The same as now" "Then you were living off Hatsuko's earnings?" "I don't have to be supported by a woman. I can earn money" "By collecting debts forcibly as with Omura?" "Objection" "Defense counsel's question is irrelevant lt defames the witness'character" "Objection sustained" "Defense counsel, reframe your question" "Hatsuko returned to Tsuchido in June 1976" "She opened a snack bar in August" "You lived with her?" "Throughout?" "You must speak frankly" "We were separated for awhile" "How long?" "Ayear or so" "Where were you then I object" "That question is immaterial ln prison I'm only asking where he as during that period" "Awaste of time" "Objection sustained" "Defense counsel will reframe that question" "Did you move with Hatsuko to Tsuchida?" "I didn't" "You followed herthere afterward?" "I went to my friend's house" "You met Hatsuko?" "Of course I did" "Why?" "She was my woman" "But in January of this year." "You moved away to Chogo." "Why?" "There was come trouble" "What kind?" "Trouble with Hatsuko" "Objection!" "I have objected several times" "Your Honor has sustained me" "But defense counsel insists" "The relationship between the witness and Hatsuko" "Has a vital bearing on the background of this crime" "The court wishes to hear it too" "Prosecutor lt is natural forthe defense to delve into the background I respect the Court's search fortruth" "But too many immaterial questions" "And questions that defame the witness's character" "That may be so but" "The court desires to know more about the relationship" "That judge is all right" "We have learnt that" "Hatsuko was in your room on March 28 from 2:30-3:30pm" "What was she doing there?" "Drinking wine." "You were drinking together?" "Yes" "A lot of it?" "Just 2 bottles." "Or may be it was 3" "Awhole hourto drink 3 bottles" "Maybe 4" "Which was it, 3 or 4?" "Probably 4" "You always have beer in your room?" "Hatsuko brought it from her bar" "Don't lie" "She got off the bus with only her handbag" "Who brought the beer?" "Another guest was there" "Why didn't you say so I wasn't asked" "Was it a woman" "Answer" "On Mar 28 at 2:30pm" "Awoman was in your room when Hatsuko killed?" "That's right." "Living with you since Hatsuko's death?" "So what!" "Witness, be more careful how you speak" "Describe what has happened among that woman and you" "Kyko, her name is Kyoko Sakurai" "Kyko ordered the beer." "While drinking, Hatsuko came" "Were you expecting her?" "I wasn't" "Why did she?" "She was going to meet Goichi Omura" "Met you just to say she was going to collect from Omura?" "That's right." "Your deposition to the prosecutor" "Stated that Hatsuko came to collect and you paid her $3,350 I remember now." "She came forthe money I paid her" "Which was it?" "Be explicit" "To collect money" "You were lovers, Why did you have to pay?" "Hatsuko was always strict about money" "A debt was a debt, no matterwhat" "When herfamily sold the bar after her death" "You showed a $500,000 loan agreement" "You demanded repayment lf so, you were a creditor" "Why did you pay her?" "That $500,000 was to be repaid when the barwas sold" "$500,000 is a large sum of money" "How did it get to her?" "I lent it so that she could" "Open up that bar" "You were away for 18 months and couldn't return" "How was the loan made?" "This is the document that the family had" "You made Hatsuko write it 2 days before you moved to Chogo" "For repayment if she sold the bar" "You're lying" "No I'd never hoax a woman!" "Can't counsel speak more moderately?" "You were drinking with Kyoko at the time" "What did Hatsuko say?" "She asked me to pay the $3,350 debt I paid her and said, have a drink" "She thanked me, saying she was thirsty" "Then left for her meeting with Omura" "Your relationship with Kyoko" "Hatsuko must know" "She knew but she didn't raise a fuss" "She wasn't that stupid" "One hour there to drink beer?" "No, only about 15 minutes" "You told the prosecutor she came at 2:30 and left at 3:30" "Which story is correct?" "Upon thinking deeply, 15 minutes" "Hatsuko arrived at Chogo Motor Co." "At a little after 3:30pm" "Less than 50 meters from your place lf she stayed only 15 minutes" "Did it take her 45 minutes to walk 50 meters?" "How do I know if she walked or ran?" "I'll end my cross-examination here I would like to call the witness later" "As a defense witness" "Just a moment" "An interview" "Who are you?" "I'm not on exhibition" "Of course but" "Be careful about what you write or else" "Afew words will do" "What more does Kikuchi expect to draw out from Miyauchi?" "The prosecution's choice of a witness was bad" "Using threats to collect debts" "Very little credibility" "Waiter!" "Over here." "Stop that" "What are you doing?" "This is ridiculous" "You're disagreeable" "Don't be uppity I said, stop it" "Won't you stop?" "This is where l'm staying at" "Here" "You don't fool me" "I'm surprise" "You were lying to me, weren't you?" "What about you?" "Why try to hide it?" "You're being very strange about this" "You've spilled the beer" "Come again, Hiroshi" "When" "I came to know Hiroshi Ueda at the factory" "Quit the factory last year. I'm helping my father" "Hiroshi said he wanted to borrow a truck on March 28 I told him he could" "He came in the daytime to talk it over" "Did you ask what he was going to use it for?" "I didn't ask" "When Hatsuko passed by at about 3:30" "Were you at your place with Hiroshi?" "Yes" "What did Hiroshi say when he saw her?" "Asked me not to mention about the truck" "He didn't want herto know about it?" "So it seemed" "And then?" "Hatsuko asked for a lift on Hiroshi's bicycle" "He said the bus would be faster" "But she wanted to back home" "When Hatsuko made her request" "Was Hiroshi troubled?" "No, they were on quite friendly terms" "Friendly, were they?" "That's how they appeared" "Do you know the snack bar "Ai"" "Yes, it's about 50 M from my place" "She came from that direction?" "Yes, she did" "On the way to your place" "Hiroshi brought a knife at the store" "Did you see it?" "No, I didn't" "He had something in his shirt pocket" "What was it?" "Clothespins" "Are you sure it is?" "Aluminum clothespins" "When he came into the store, I knew at once" "He wasn't a Chogo resident" "He picked up a number of knives?" "He did ls it customary for customers to test the blade?" "The defendant was particularly enthusiastic" "Picked up and tested the blade a number of times" "He chose a mountaineering knife?" "Multipurpose one?" "That's correct." "is yours a cutlery store?" "Hardware store too." "Not enough business for cutlery alone" "So pots, kettles, buckets..." "Face the front when replying" "Then you sell clothespins too?" "I sell them" "On the 28th at about 2:30" "You sold the defendant the knife" "And clothespins?" "I sold him clothespins" "Before or afterthe knife?" "He handed the knife to me and said that he wanted it" "Then seeing the clothespins, he said these too" "Let me ask your opinion" "A multipurpose knife, wasn't it?" "Could he have brought the knife and clothespins for a new home?" "It is possible I have no more question" "Further questions by the prosecution?" "Yes" "After handing you the knife he wanted" "He saw the clothespins hanging there" "He said, "These too?"" "Correct" "Don't you think he might have done that on purpose?" "He wanted a knife to kill Hatsuko" "But in orderto camouflage it" "To give the impression that it wasn't just that" "He brought the clothespins, is it correct?" "Objection" "Adjournment time is nearing lt is not my intention to waste time" "But this "camouflage"is the prosecution's inference" "The prosecution can sum it up later" "Seeking an opinion now, confusing the witness" "May harm the witness'credibility lt was the defense that asked for an opinion first I asked for an opinion in the same way" "Wait a moment" "This is not a prosecution-defense battleground" "The court wishes to hear all phases" "The opinion o this witness too" "Objection overruled" "Don't you think that buying the clothespins was intended" "To camouflage the knife as a murderweapon?" "His purchase of clothespins didn't appearto be" "A move to camouflage the knife" "A knife to kill someone" "That's a very positive assertion" "You hesitated earlier and was unable to answer lt became clearwhile I was thinking it over" "In your deposition you said you couldn't tell" "What each customerwas thinking about" "Quite inconsistent" "You said at the Prosecutor's office that undue attention" "Given to the blade troubled you" "That wasn't the only thing" "He seemed so fascinated by the knife I began to wonder lf he planned to steal it" "The clothespins also set me to think I can say this from my own experience" "When newly married, household trifles often catch one's eyes" "Awash basin" "After reading the newspaper" "That Hiroshi was living with Yoshiko" "Your impression changed?" "Of course not I speak from my own experience" "He was really shopping very happily" "No impression at all of buying a knife to kill someone" "Why didn't you say that at the outset" "Were you lying at the Prosecutor's office?" "Lying?" "I have no benefit." "Then your deposition to the prosecution was incomplete lsn't it strange that you're recalling it now?" "Don't know about that" "Don't know about that" "Has the defense anything more to ask?" "Yes" "Did the investigator ask you about the knife and clothespins?" "Nothing about the clothespins" "You didn't tell the investigator?" "You were being questioned" "But there neverwas such a question" "Never" "So you didn't answerthat?" "That's right." "How can I answer if not asked?" "When the defendant brought the knife" "He didn't look at just the blade?" "He brought clothespins too" "Yes" "Then what the prosecution surmised" "About camouflage was non-existent." "He acted naturally?" "Yes" "He was shopping in a pleasant manner I see.." "That's enough" "Witness may return home" "The case was brilliant" "Prosecutor Okabe may find it difficult to prove" "An intent to kill" "We won't know until the hearing ends" "There's a prospect of Hiroshi's sentence becoming lighter?" "The defense counsel said so I'm depending on you from now on I want Hiroshi and you to be happy" "Hatsuko was unfortunate lt wasn't herfault I'm the one to blame" "That man was a scoundrel I shouldn't have remarried" "The relatives urged me to" "But it was all my fault" "Mother, let's stop talking about the past" "Good night" "Late at night..." "Phone call to Yoshiko from Prosecutor Okabe" "He wants to see you tomorrow at 10am I wonderwhy it must be something important I don't like that prosecutor" "You'd better go see him anyway" "Yokohama Prosecutor's office ls the baby coming along fine?" "A high school teacher named Hanai helped a lot" "Was Hanai yourteacher?" "And Hatsuko's" "How much olderwas your sister?" "4 years older" "What was the relationship between your sister and Hiroshi?" "Our houses were close together" "They often played as children" "They were good friends from childhood" "Yes" "Your sister quit school and worked" "At a restaurant" "Yes" "Then she quit and became a hostess in Shinjuku" "Why?" "The restaurant reduced personnel" "No other reason" "Help!" "What are you doing?" "Please, Hatsuko!" "Don't go away" "What will you do in Tokyo" "Please stay with me" "Hatsuko I don't know anything about her life in Shinjuku" "She returned completely changed ln what way?" "As if she were a stranger" "Even her voice had changed" "So it seemed" "What did you think about your sister" "And the man named Miyauchi I hate him" "He was like a parasite clinging to my sister" "But my sister kept contact with him I don't understand I may call you as a witness at the next hearing" "Please be there" "I'm home" "This was so heavy" "Hatsuko" "Welcome home" "Yoshiko and I were just having lunch, join?" "No place like home" "Yoshiko, I brought you a present" "Why are you staring?" "Open it" "Hiroshi..." "Yoshiko!" "Hiroshi drinks here because he wants to" "None of my business lt's because you tempted him" "Don't be silly" "What are you saying?" "Yoshiko in love with Hiroshi?" "You're just a child" "Don't take him from me lf you love him, grab him by force" "The night before the incident" "You went to drink at the bar?" "Yes" "What happened?" "When I entered, Hatsuko was looking at her notebook" "The one in which she keeps her accounts I hadn't been there for awhile. lt had changed lt seemed rather desolate I asked about Miyauchi, "He's left"" ""Let's drink until late tonight" "Then that young man came in" "She introduced him as her younger brother" "She went out then I kept drinking the beer in front of me" "Hatsuko didn't return" "What did you do?" "I looked out of a small window" "How did the two appear to you?" "Sweethearts?" "Or were they quarreling?" "It was dark, I couldn't see well l didn't know about Hiroshi going there at that night?" "The defendant didn't tell you?" "No I'm sure there was nothing special" "You met Hiroshi on the road that night at 6:30pm?" "Yes" "Was it to talk about the time for running away together?" "Yes" "Hiroshi went laterto your sister's place?" "Describe what happened on the night of the 28th" "Just as you told the investigator" "On the night of March 28 ln front of the house at about 7:30" "Hiroshi seemed rather excited I thought it natural since we were running away" "I'll come at 10 o'clock I'll bring the car here" "Hiroshi" "What were you doing?" "The henhouse closed?" "It's warm tonight ls it going to rain?" "Looks like raining" "Hatsuko hardly ever comes home" "Have you gone to see her?" "No I wonder how she is" "That night Hiroshicame for me at 10 o'clock" "To the front of the house I went with him to the apartment at Yokohama I'll ask about Yokohama" "On April 4 in the morning" "The newspaper reported the finding of the body" "How did the defendant act?" "Return to Tsuchida once" "Our living here will become known" "We'll think about it then" "Good morning" "You didn't notice any particular change in Hiroshi's attitude?" "Even the workers at shipyard testify it" "I asked when I went to see him" "He said he hadn't had a single day of peace" "You mean he had a guilty conscience?" "That was only natural l don't consider him inhuman" "Yet he lived brazenly with you, the younger sister lt was in orderto have the child" "We had to live together ls that all" "Wasn't it to enjoy a free and wayward life?" "I was 3 months pregnant at that time lt was necessary to be extra careful" "Hiroshi said I mustn't stumble." "He did all the household works." "However, you two were enjoying life I don't know as to the enjoying" "Afterthe baby was conceived, we stopped" "Stopped what?" "Objection" "Having sex" "About Hatsuko's relationship with Miyauchi" "You knew about the two?" "He's vulgar." "A parasite" "Who tore my sisterto shreds" "Be careful in your speech" "That's my answer" "Hatsuko thought the baby would prevent you two from separating?" "I don't know I understand how you feel" "But answer truthfully" "Could it have been that your sisterwas jealous?" "She may have been somewhat envious" "Just me who got the happiness" "But she is so unfortunate" "She may be sad" "Did Miyauchi everflirt with you?" "Sister?" "Not here, what did you want?" "Yoshiko, you've suddenly become quite grown up recently" "Having fun with Hiroshi?" "Go to Tokyo with me?" "Don't you know Hiroshi's in love with Hatsuko?" "They go togetherto the Spa" "You didn't know?" "I guess ignorance is bliss" "The people in town spread rumors about Hiroshi and Hatsuko" "They were simply talking nonsense I don't believe it at all" "Nothing like that happened lsn't it possible that your sister loved Hiroshi?" "You can think as you like I believe the two were neverthat intimate I'm certain of it from Hiroshi's attitude I would have known" "The defendant met your sister at the bar on the 27th at night" "He nevertold you" "No, I didn't hearthat from you I've said that already" "I understand, I won't ask about that any further I've only been trying to discoverthe truth" "Don't forget that" "That's all" "You said you were drinking beerwith Kyoko when Hatsuko came" "And that Hatsuko left in 15 minutes" "Only 15 minutes I'm not sure about the time" "There was a fight" "You said last time everything was pleasant" "You lied?" "Not a lie, she left in good humor" "Describe what happened" "Seeing me drinking with Kyoko must have" "Made Hatsuko angry" "She suddenly demanded payment of the bill" "You owe me $3,350, pay it!" "I should pay you?" "Don't have that much dough now, have a drink" "Drinking from the afternoon and no money" "Take this and leave" "Your main purpose was to see Miyauchi, wasn't it?" "Don't be silly. I am paying $500,000" "To get rid of him" "Hiroshi changed overto your sister" "Stop it" "Fight outside" "You're going to be abandoned soon too" "Stop it I said, stop it" "Did you hit Hatsuko often" "No, it was because I was sore" "Hatsuko must have been" "Seeing you there with Kyoko I guess so" "She said, "you left on your own." "The separation money" "So it was separation money I wouldn't have taken it if she hadn't died I meant to return" "To return the note?" "You made herwrite it" "Hatsuko wrote it herself" "She loved Hiroshi deeply" "This is a new twist" "At the Last hearing, you said" "Hiroshi was in love with Yoshiko" "Which is correct" "May be both." "Anyway, Hatsuko loved Hiroshi" "Awoman in love looks different" "You were her lover I could tell most things about her" "She was always fickle" "So she couldn't say much about me" "Let's return to the 28th" "How did the fight end" "We're all like relatives." "Not much sense in quarreling" "Lasted over 15 minutes?" "More like an hour" "Why did you follow Hatsuko afterward" "You did, didn't you" "Why should I have to follow her?" "There was a reason" "You knew that she was going to meet Omura" "You didn't want to be left out in any way" "You thought of intimidating Omura later?" "Objection" "That question is based on supposition lt is unreasonable" "The prosecution's objection is well taken but the Court" "Would like to hearthe reply" "The witness will answer" "Did you follow her or not?" "I followed" "Farther ahead" "Where it turns to the right" "Around there I was watching from here" "A distance of about 70M" "Could you hear their voices" "Couldn't hear anything" "They were quarreling?" "It seemed to be" "Hatsuko was pressing for an answer" "You're certain?" "It should have been possible to tell" "Hatsuko started walking?" "In which direction?" "This is the place I was watching like this" "Go and stand overthere" "Appeared like sweethearts?" "Yes, but some kind of a dispute" "A kind of lover'quarrel?" "I was surprised to see the knife come out" "Hiroshi's life" "It was like this" "Saw the knife" "What?" "Couldn't see the knife then." "Hatsuko was in the way" "You didn't move" "What did Hatsuko do?" "She suddenly embraced Hiroshi ln what way?" "Demonstrate." "Like this" "What's the matter?" "You're sure Hatsuko moved first?" "That's right?" "Suddenly, I had no chance to intervene" "You say you don't recal the moment when the knife thrust in" "But you told the investigating prosecutor" "You held Hatsuko and was careful about spurting blood" "How were you able to describe such details?" "There was practically no blood on my jumper" "While explaining why, it came out that way I couldn't rememberwell" "But no one believed me you made sure Hatsuko was dead" "You rememberthat?" "When I came to my senses, she lay fallen on the ground" "Conveniently remember only from there?" "You say the investigating prosecutor's questions led you on" "Exactly what did the investigating prosecutor ask you?" "I don't remember all the questions" "That can't be true" "This is a very critical moment for you" "Don't try to be evasive" "But it's the truth I was confused, very tired too" "When I was asked those questions I felt completely terrified I can't recall what I said" "You became aware of the gravity of your crime?" "But for 6 days after killing Hatsuko" "You lived brazenly with her sister" "Why didn't you try to help Hatsuko as she lay fallen there?" "I thought she was dead" "You didn't think she might have been saved?" "No" "That's all" "Defense may cross-examine" "Miyauchi has testified that Hatsuko embraced you" "You were surprised when she did so?" "Her expression changed as she drew near" "Her expression?" "She had been scolding me until then?" "Suddenly her expressioin altered" "How did she look?" "For instance, as if she were loving you" "Or hating you" "What did you talk about" "Hatsuko aske dme to state clearly if I loved her" "Because she didn't intend to chase someone unwilling" "And then?" "I told her plainly I didn't love her ln any case, I won't let you two go to Yokohama" "Do you think I can endure a wretched life here alone" "That's what she said" "Then her expression changed" "You told the investigator you took out the knife to scare her" "That doesn't seem to have been necessary I felt afraid of Hatsuko then. I didn't know" "What she might do" "Why would she do anything" "She seems to have been fond of you" "Did you have sexual relations with Hatsuko?" "Answer clearly" "Don't hide anything lt'll come out" "No, I didn't" "Not even once?" "Never!" "That's all" "Your honor, the defense would like to call Miyauchi again I accept" "When I first went to the bar" "Hatsuko and Hiroshi were the only ones there" "Hatsuko said he's only a child" "But even afterwe took up and lived together" "She was meeting Hiroshi" "That was when you told Yoshiko that Hiroshi loved Hatsuko?" "I thought of getting the goods on them to exert pressure" "Kept watch outside a hotel I took Yoshiko along to show herwhat was going on" "I was the one who went there with Hiroshi" "Miyauchi mistook me for my sister" "He said the two of you saw Hiroshi and Hatsuko" "Coming out of a hotel" "That's a lie!" "Everything he says is false" "Either you or Miyauchi must be committing per jury" "Your Honor..." "No comments from the gallery" "Your Honor, I would like to call the defendant again" "No need forthat" "That's all" "Questions by the prosecution?" "No more" "The witness may withdraw" "Defendant" "The next hearing will be on June 3" "The prosecutor's summation will be made that day" "Court adjourned" "This is my summation" "Murder and abandonment of a corpse" "The prosecution's views on this case consist of the following" "Juvenile crimes are on the increase" "Especially crimes against the basic right of others to live" "Are being committed with alarming frequency" "From the standpoint of preventing crime" "This case cannot be regarded lightly" "The "Getting rid of those in the way'idea has been displayed" "The defendant is legally not an adult" "But this does not mean a reduction of the gravity of the crime" "Prosecutors summation ended" "Sentence of from 8 to 10 years demanded forthe accused" "The defense's summation next" "The defendant in this case may have" "Meant to threaten but there was no intent to kill" "The cause was the victim's unforeseen action" "The defendant was not responsible" "For murder, injury causing death or accidental manslaughter lt was purely an accident I affirm that he was only guilty of abandonment of a corpse" "Why, it's you, Hiroshi" "You've returned?" "Staring at me?" "I've changed, haven't I" "The countryside is so nice" "How was Shinjuku I became tired of it" "That house is being rebuilt, isn't it" "They must have made money" "Thanks, Hiroshi" "I'm going to open a bar soon, be sure to come" "Goodbye for now!" "Have a drink" "Thank you" "Have some more" "Take yourtime" "Are you all right?" "I think I'd better go" "Stay awhile" "I'm leaving" "You'd better not move around" "Just sit there" "Have some water?" "What is it?" "Hiroshi, I love you" "Don't be foolish" "Just do as I say I'll take you to the hospital" "No!" "I'm going to have the baby" "Just a child yourself" "We don't need your help" "Let's go" "Wait" "The parents don't know yet" "Stop interfering or" "What do you intend to go." "I'm tired of everything" "That bar is hopeless too I'd like to sell the bar and go with you somewhere far away" "Don't become desperate" "Hiroshi, please help me" "Won't you help me, please" "You've become so cold" "I know why Yoshiko won't have an abortion" "Became pregnant to take you away from me" "Don't talk about that I've heard enough" "Aren't you and Yoshiko planning to run away somewhere?" "What'll become of me?" "Why didn't you take me away from Miyauchi lt's too late" "Nothing can be done now" "State clearly whether you love me I won't chase someone who's unwilling I don't love you" "What ever happened lt has been passed I'm going away with Yoshiko" "To live in Yokohama I'll tell her about us!" "No!" "You can't do this" "You will be regretted" "What's that?" "You mustn't" "All right but in any case, I won't let you two leave" "Do you think I can endure a wretched life here alone?" "Stop it!" "I believe it is a murder" "No matter how" "Hatsuko's action alone couldn't have caused dealth" "Hiroshi had his knife out" "She may have tried to grab the knife" "The body was dragged away cruelly lt reveals Hiroshi's character" "He hid the body and the weapon" "Then lived brazenly with the sister lt is an act of murder I wonder about that" "There isn't a strong enough motive for murder" "Draging the body may off hand seem cruel" "There was no otherway to move it" "Even if the victim moved towards him first" "Hiroshi didn't pull back the knife" "The victim's action at the scene is the crucial point I agree with your opinion on that" "But the fact that Miyauchi was watching became know" "Afterthe trial started" "Doubt also arose about Hatsuko and Hiroshi's relationship investigation was incomplete" "Miyauchi's testimony may not have been entirely reliable" "But if certain facts had been known" "The defendant might have been examined differently lf as Miyauchi said" "Hatsuko and Hiroshi had a special relationship" "Then it was a love triangle" "That psychology is complex" "This case might have been handled differently" "Of course Yoshiko is pretending she doesn't believe" "There was anything between the two" "Hatsuko is already dead lt has become difficult to ascertain the truth" "Pursuing the truth will hold interest" "But a judge is unable to probe deeper into this" "The court's confirmation of the truth must be based" "The actual evidence throughout" "The statement of confession ls not being ignored but you know how it is prepared ln the depositions presented by the prosecution no matter how, the judge must decide for himself" "The motive is insufficient intent to kill is hard to recognize" "No attempt to help, abandonment of the corpse" "Whateverthe circumstances, this is a serious crime" "Then living with the decedent's younger sisterfor 6 days" "This must surely be morally condemned" "What do you think?" "Not involuntary manslaughter" "But bodily injury resulting in death ln the case of Hiroshi charged with" "Murder and abandonment of a corpse" "The Court will give its decision" "Defendant" "Sentenced to prison term of 2 to 4 years" "Forgive me I failed to rasie my boy in the right way" "Hatsuko was to blame" "After she returned here lnveigling all the men around" "Hiroshi beame a victim too I'm going to sell this house" "Abortion might have been better, as Hatsuko said" "Why?" "Why do you say that now?" "We endured hardship in orderto have this child" "Mother has started to say that" "Hatsuko was partly to blame forwhat happened I'm not fit to be the child's father" "That's not so" "Atonement will restore you to yourformer self" "Can that crime be erased in 2 or 3 years?" "Maybe I really thought about killing Hatsuko" "Everything would go smoothly with her out of the way I spend sleepless nights thinking" "You're wrong. lt wasn't like that at all" "You didn't carry it out" "Anyone can daydream" "You always had a strong sense of responsibility" "Hence this delusion lt's not a delusion at all I've always been bad" "Outwardly I appeared docile and fooled everyone" "Yoshiko's pregnancy was really bothersome" "My relations with herwere becoming a burden" "There's no use" "Thinking in such a way now" "Teacher, these hands are bloodied." "One human life" "Has been lost forever" "Even if by mistake I've killed a person" "I should help to pull back the knife I killed herwith this hand" "Hatsuko will never return now" "Why don't they kill me once and for all" "I'm surprised lt might be a reaction to the rather lenient sentence" "At heart, he must be glad it was so light lt embarrasses him and he exaggerates the crime" "That often happens" "Hiroshi says he daydreamed about hilling her" "A daydream is nothing" "Different from an actual deed" "There's nothing we can say to one suffering from guilt" "He must solve it by himself I must leave now for arrangement" "Goodbye" "Hi, there!" "It's been a long time" "Where are you going?" "To see Hiroshi" "Taking supplies?" "Just bring some daily necessaries for him" "How is her?" "Fine" "You are going to move?" "He's in the prison at Kawagoe I will move there" "Looks like the little one will be coming soon" "A cute face but you're some woman I'm not a liar like you" "Look who's talking" "Anyway, keep well" "Have a healthy baby" "Thank you"