[2014年3月27日, 袴田岩(Iwao Hakamada)被从东京拘置所释放. 基于可以证明他清白的新证据，他被同意给予再审。]
[到那时，他已经在铁栅栏后虚度了47年7个月又10天。]
现在，他自由了。
他正乘坐着一辆银色车辆离开东京拘置所。
我们都相信岩(Iwao)是清白的
即使他被拘捕，
我们也一直信任他并且相信他是无辜的，
在我心中我一直知道他是清白的。
死刑在日本依旧存在，
那就意味着很多人仍然认为罪犯应当死
我认为我们需要借此机会重新审视
我们自身关于这种信念的根源。
他们的理由非常卑劣，
但是这正是那些刚刚丧失亲人的人想看到的。
我所能做的只是坐在那里，保持沉默
这是岩。
然后，我在这里。
我的二哥。
我的二姐。
我大哥不在这张照片里。
他没关在没有快乐的地方，所以我们不能把他一起拍进去。
我们土生土长在浜名湖 (静冈县).
这又回到了战争之前的和平时期。
我的家有一艘船。
每到星期天，我们会带它出去，
我的父亲会钓鱼，我的母亲会抓贝类。
与此同时，我们孩子则会在玩水。 我们一个暑假就是这么过来的。
在战争开始之前，
一些B-29轰炸机出来侦察。
一个邻居女士告诉我们，这些就是B-29轰炸机。
然后，我们爬到屋顶， 然后看着一群B-29轰炸机从头顶飞过
岩和我一起上来
我们两个叉开脚坐在屋顶上
一起看那些飞机。
岩是最年幼的。
那就像一个小孩一样安静。
我们只相差3岁，我是家中第二小的。
我们的兄弟姐妹都很喜欢我们两个。
他十几岁就开始练习拳击
After that, he went pro.
可能是听取了我们大哥的意见，
我想他大概练了10年左右。
但是他腿有些问题
所以他就一直休息了
那段时间，他在金井味噌厂工作。
也就是事件发生的那里
这就是犯罪现场
这些房子的左右两边都和他们回来的时候一样。
外墙有些小的改变，但是实际建筑物是相同的。
但房子的中间，犯罪现场，已经被火烧毁。
在1966年6月30日，
一个董事长还是经理，在这个公司一家四口被谋杀，
那也是袴田先生工作的地方
谋杀案发生约两年前，袴田先生就一直住在清水
有人介绍他来金井味噌
这块地区的一个味噌厂，接着他考试在这里工作了。
我听说，他仍然想成为一个拳击手，并且他一直在保持着他的训练。
这里是发现母子尸体的地方，
而现在在这里...
在这里, 在一个铺着草席垫的房间
他们找到了被害女儿的尸体
然后最后，在后门
他们发现了被害父亲的尸体
这些谋杀发生在一个住宅居委会，从而晚上很安静。
这种地方，如果发生什么事情，肯定会有人发现
然后却没有一个人察觉
并且四个人是一个接一个的被谋杀
这也是为什么警察会认为杀手一定是一个有着体魄的人。
一个经过搏击训练的人。 比如一个像袴田先生一样的专业拳击手。
这个假设引导警察认为袴田有重大嫌疑。
当我看到报纸上有有个名字H开头的人被捕的时候，
当他们说这个人是罪犯
我很震惊。那时我的肩膀快瘫软到地上了。
我直奔浜北的父母家。
我们一家人都知道他不会去杀人
但是，报纸上是那么说的
所以，对于我们，很难告诉所有人，他们是错的。
我们决定就保持沉默
我们守口如瓶
50年前，这个工厂从现在这些建筑物这里开始扩张
到那块地方。新的11111-5
The offices were located above the factory.
And over to the left from where we stand...
From around this point, there was a big door that led into the factory.
Stepping through there would take you into the main area of the factory.
According to the confession that the police forced out of Mr. Hakamada,
he left the factory dormitory in his pajamas.
He put a knife in the pants of his pajamas.
Then he came down here to the entrance of the warehouse.
A smaller side door was built into the big doors of the warehouse.
So he passed through that door.
His pajamas were white,
and they used to have raincoats stored in the corner over here,
so he grabbed one and put it over his pajamas.
He then crossed the train tracks.
He walked across diagonally that way.
See the gate over there with trees to the right of it?
He climbed one of the trees, and...
You can only see the wall of the shed, but back then there was a roof.
He climbed onto the roof and walked along it,
before climbing down in the garden area between the shed and the main house.
That's the confession they forced out of him.
Then, after the crime was committed,
he came out through one of the doors,
went back to the factory, and filled a bucket with oil.
Then he went back to the house, set it on fire, and came back out.
The rest of his confession goes that he then hid in his room or somewhere.
You were hitting on your manager's wife, weren't you?
[August 21 7 hours 5 mins]
For 23 days,
Mr. Hakamada was interrogated for an average of 12 hours a day.
Roughly 20 days after he was arrested,
he finally said that he committed the crime.
Don't give me that look.
There were several tanks from over here to that corner over there.
Four... no, five, I think.
Tank No. 1 was right around here.
Tank No. 1 is where they discovered the five articles of clothing.
This is where Tank No. 1 was located.
[1 year after Mr. Hakamada was arrested, 5 pieces of bloodstained clothing were discovered inside one of the tanks of miso at the factory where he worked.]
[The pajamas that he said he had been wearing at the scene of the crime in his original confession were removed from the investigation, and the 5 pieces of clothing became new evidence.]
[In 2009, Mr. Hakamada's supporters pointed out that the discoloration of the clothing didn't match the period of time they were supposedly hidden in the miso - a strong indication that the evidence was forged.]
Iwao came back home to Hamakita around three days after the murders were committed
I remember the way he was back then.
If, for example, someone just killed four people,
there's no way they could go around acting the same as usual.
But Iwao was the same as always when he visited.
[On September 11, 1968, Mr. Hakamada was sentenced to death. The clothing found inside the miso tank was the decisive evidence in his sentencing. Through numerous appeals, Mr. Hakamada and his family were able to narrowly prevent his sentence from being carried out.]
This is a retracing of my actions that night.
It includes explanations too.
The police made me mark where I was.
In Japan, there are four instances of death row inmates being found innocent after a retrial.
The first such case was that of Sakae Menda.
The crime he was charged with took place back in the 40s, right after the end of the war.
Pretty much everyone who experienced the war were in jail.
And in fact, many of them were on death row.
They were feeding me loaded questions,
and made a confession statement out of it.
They knew the details of the crime,
but I didn't.
I was just an uneducated kid from the country who had never been arrested before.
So having to deal with the police like that...
I was at the perfect age to be absolutely terrified of them.
[On December 30, 1948, a 76-year-old priest and his wife were brutally murdered. Despite having an alibi for the time of the murder, Sakae Menda was charged with the crime and forced to confess by the police.]
As it turns out, Mr. Menda happened to be with a woman,
right when the family was being murdered.
But he had made a bad name for himself in the area.
He was a bit of a troublemaker, so people had their eyes on him.
The police weren't having any luck finding a culprit,
so they arrested Mr. Menda as a "person of interest."
Mr. Menda told them that he was with a woman that day, that he had an alibi,
but after an extremely harsh interrogation by the police, he apparently confessed to the crime.
They did horrible things to me, and then I made my coffession statement.
The old laws were still in place when I was arrested.
It was right when they were making the transition to the new laws.
The old laws were still in effect,
so they treated me according to the old ways, but the actual legislation was new.
I think it was in 1949 that the Criminal Indemnity Law came about.
The crime I was being charged with occurred on December 29, 1948.
The picked me up on January 10, 1949, I think... Or the 14th or 15th.
They did a lot of horrible things to me.
There are no lawyers present during police interrogations.
Even if the suspect has a lawyer,
they won't be in the interrogation room.
The suspects are completely on their own during questioning.
A very large amount of people end up confessing during the 23 day holding period.
This applies to pretty much all criminal cases.
Currently in Japan, inmates on death row are only informed of their execution
on the actual day of the execution.
Executions normally take place in the morning,
so they are informed that their time has come just a few hours before they are to be executed.
This means that everyone on death row spends their mornings in terror.
They step out into the hallway from their room.
When they say their farewells to everyone,
they generally all say the same thing.
"I'm on my way."
"Thanks for everything."
"I wish you well."
I'm going on ahead.
Take care, everyone.
Some people shake hands with everyone through the food tray slot.
They clasp your hands repeatedly and say,
"Take care, take care, take care."
Iwao said, "There was an execution yesterday."
"It was the guy in the cell next door."
"He told everyone to take care. Everyone is really depressed."
That's when his mind started to slip.
It was the fear of never knowing when he might be executed.
As a means of mental escape, Iwao began deliberately telling himself things like,
"This isn't a prison. The prison is gone."
"I'm the warden."
He started having all these delusions and saying crazy things.
The chamber consists of two floors.
Back under the old laws from 1873, they used gallows.
But now they use a two story setup where the prisoner drops down to the floor below.
The prisoners enter from the second floor.
Then the floor controlled by the executioner drops away,
and they fall through and die.
Down below is an observation room where the prisoner can be seen after they've fallen through the hatch.
That room is where the public prosecutors and warden will be.
There's also a doctor in the room that the prisoner drops into,
to confirm that the execution has been successful.
That's how the procedure goes.
There are also other prison guards on hand to help.
First, there are several guards to put the noose around the prisoner's neck.
This precaution is taken since there's a chance that the prisoner will struggle.
So, they attach the noose which is affixed to the ceiling.
Once the prisoner has actually been hung,
they lose control of their bodily functions and release all their urine and other waste.
It's very messy, to say the least.
So there are people on hand to quickly clean everything up.
The noose comes around here like this.
They pull it up, and then it stops right here.
The noose cuts in right here.
The blood vessels may be cut, but the heart keeps on beating.
All the blood pushes up to the head but can't return to the body,
so it ends up coming out of the eyes, the ears, even the pores.
The head becomes swollen with blood.
The body falls on the concrete floor.
Cleaning the mess left behind is a huge ordeal, apparently.
Here we are: "The ruling was unexpected. They've completely misinterpreted the facts."
"I immediately filed a protest."
"I think the second hearing will most likely take place at the beginning of next year."
"So, I will most likely be able to spend new years in Shizuoka."
"Please don't be too upset about the turn of events."
"The fight has just begun."
"I know that I have the grounds and confidence to overturn this ruling."
"For now I'm fine, and planning for the next fight."
"Please don't worry. Goodbye."
"From Iwao, to Mom."
He sent this after his first trial.
Our mother was still healthy back then.
When Iwao's incident happened, I mean.
It was very difficult for all of us.
But, it was much worse for our mother.
The rest of us found ways to endure it, but some things are just too much for a mother to bear.
I'm partly doing this as a daughterly duty towards my mother and father.
Every time I went to see Iwao he would say strange things.
He'd say things out of the blue, like "there's a monkey here" and so on.
I felt uneasy when he said those things,
but that's what prison does to a person.
I think that's just how horrible of a place it is.
[34 years after he was first found guilty after six trials, Mr. Menda was released on July 15, 1983. He became the first ever person in Japan to be released from solitary confinement on death row.]
I heard later that it caused a really big commotion.
There were even helicopters flying around in the sky.
When they sentenced me to death, never in my wildest dreams did I think
that something like this would ever happen.
I realized that my suffering hadn't been for nothing.
[Soon after his release, Mr. Menda married a woman who had been a supporter of his for many years.]
[He became the figurehead of a campaign to abolish capital punishment, and made appearances worldwide. The government awarded him reparations of 7,000 yen a day, or 90 million yen in total.]
[He donated half of this to an anti-death penalty campaign group.]
[Tokyo Detention House]
[Iwao Hakamda's sister Hideko] I'm very happy with the verdict we received today.
I came in hopes of bringing him back even one day sooner.
We were so happy, like, "That's wonderful!" Just overflowing with happiness.
After that, it felt like I was walking on air.
It was really like a dream.
When Iwao would go out for exercise,
he'd be punching the concrete.
He'd be covered in bruises. I would ask him why he was doing this.
He'd reply, "Because I'm going back to boxing once I get out."
"So I'm practicing my punches."
He'd practice until his fists were bloody.
Today's criminal law considers investigations that over-emphasize confessions to be problematic,
because they lead to mistakes and even torture.
So there's been a call to do away with the confession system,
and instead focus more on the inspection of objective evidence.
And this process of verifying facts based upon objective evidence,
to put together a solid case, is done by the police.
The findings of this investigation are ultimately used in court.
However, in Japan, a person is pretty much considered guilty from the moment they are arrested.
In other words, if the police are taking action and arresting someone,
that in itself guarantees that they're guilty in people's eyes.
There's a strong tendency for this in Japan.
In my case, I was handed a life sentence.
A lower court ruling.
I truly suffered.
I had nothing.
No supporters.
Not even any visitors from home.
I was completely alone.
I will never forgive the police.
Those people are guilty of murder.
They're murderers.
I will absolutely never forgive them.
Is the radio on?
Ah, he's listening to the boxing match.
Better switch it off.
- Mr. Hakamada, stand up and give us a V-sign.
- Could you please stand and...
My wish is that history will do away with evil.
History today will be saved by (indecipherable)
With Takamori Saigo at the helm, the (indecipherable) will turn into mist and dissipate.
This will keep the world from falling apart.
Respect and...
Is it heavy?
Hey, it is really heavy!
Oh, well thank you very much! Take care of yourself.
- Is he going home? - Pardon me.
I think he wants to leave.
- Is he leaving? - Yeah, I think he's heading off.
We had a screening of the movie "Saiban (Trial)"
that appears on the pamphlets you've all received.
Nobody says it outright, but if you take a good look at the inner workings,
that's how things are.
I've been out of prison for dozens of years now,
but my name still hasn't been completely cleared yet.
It hasn't been cleared,
so I have to keep after them so that they will reflect upon what they did wrong.
Admit their mistakes.
And clear my name once and for all.
And if they find something...
I want them to make a clear effort to pursue the lead.
But that's probably never going to happen.
I think it's going to be difficult for him to make a full recovery.
But, he knows he's not in prison anymore now.
We're putting a lot of effort into rehabilitating him.
But, he still says strange things like "Do dragons exist?"
because of the mental illness brought on by his solitary confinement.
But I'm always going to be watching over him, so it's alright.
That's all.
The chairman will now hand him the commemorative bouquet.
None of us have ever forgotten about the victims.
The two kids were in middle and high school,
and the parents both died young too.
But none of that will ever make us agree with the idea of pinning the crime on Mr. Hakamada.
These men were fortunate enough to return to society.
But this is good fortune that we stole from them many years ago.
We need to be aware that we're the ones locking these people up,
and think of a way that we can prevent similar cases from occurring in the future.
[In March 2014, the Shizuoka District Court released Mr. Hakamada and granted him a retrial, stating that "imprisoning Mr. Hakamada any further will be a grave injustice."]
[The cases appearing in this video remain unsolved to this day.]