Yuki Yukite shingun

Vzpomínky Kazuo Hary na natáčení dokumentu a jeho deník z pobytu na Nové Guineji, na jehož konci byl zkonfiskován všechen zde natočený materiál: http://docudocu.jp/page.php?view=shingun_menu.

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I would like to share one more episode, regarding Okuzaki. I often resisted him by saying "for the sake of this film..." He lost his temper many times and said; "For you, this film is your ultimate goal. For me, it is just a mean to achieve my bigger goal! My ultimate goal is the happiness of the humankind! You often say you're a filmmaker. Well, I'm a battery man. But when I do the important activities, I will never think of me just as a battery man! If you're confined to think that you're only a battery man, you can never be a part of big picture. I think and behave as a part of the humankind. You must also give up thinking you're a filmmaker only, too! You should conduct yourself as a part of the humankind!"

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Time went by. I received a call from Okuzaki again. "I went to Papua New Guinea as I planned. I went to near the border and hired the Cessna plane there. I sprinkled rice over the jungle for my memorial service. I did what I wanted to do without you filming! I can write that instead of film! That will also be a valuable archive record. So don't you ever undermine me!" Then he hung up on me.

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Six month had already been passed since we returned from Western New Guinea. That particular day, I was doing a location shoot for one of the television stations. I was having a lunch break. I happened to be at a small restaurant and watched lunchtime news without much attention. "Kenzo Okuzaki attempted to kill a son of the former Company Commander with a gun. He is still at large....." What was that? What did he do!? I suddenly remembered his face asking me to film when he was going to kill Koshimizu. However, they said he shot his son. Why son? Why not Koshimizu, the former Company Commander? Was he at large? Whenever he committed a crime, he always gave himself up to police to readily accept his responsibility. Why was he running away this time?

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Two days later the shooting incident, Okuzaki was finally arrested. When I found out the real reason why he went missing for two days, I saw nothing but darkness ahead of me. Okuzaki's shooting target was not only against Koshimizu. He also wanted to shoot a politician who belonged to former Prime minister, Tanaka's faction of the Liberal Democratic Party. He wanted to shoot the group of people who had related to the Rape of Nanking during WWII in Shikoku region. He wanted to shoot the Indonesian Consular staff, too! The reason why Okuzaki wanted to shoot the Consular staff was obvious. They would not return the confiscated film rolls to us. What was he thinking!!? It was fortunate that he couldn't do anything to the Consular staff. But his intention to kill became wildly known, there was no way that the Indonesian government would return the film rolls...I became a completely broken man. There would be absolutely no way to get all the confiscated film rolls back to me. We managed to achieve the goal to go to Western New Guinea under difficult circumstances. How could I ever make a film without those New Guinea footages? Impossible! That's it. I gave up on the film. The film would never see the light of day!

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While editing was in progress, I kept asking myself. I could've shot the scene of attempted murder by Okuzaki! Then why didn't I do that? It was simple in a way. I disliked Kenzo Okuzaki so much! He used to yell at me, despised me, and looked down on me...How on earth did he expect me to shoot his ultimate scene of carnage prepared by him? Yet I still ask myself. What if I liked Kenzo Okuzaki? Did I shoot that scene for him? Perhaps there was a possibility that I might've shot the murder scene. That thought really scared me ... I suddenly remembered what Kobayashi had once told me. Kenzo Okuzaki was 'possessed'. If Okuzaki was 'possessed' and that propelled him to commit a crime, maybe I was also 'possessed' to keep thinking that I might've shot the murder scene for him/ What was I 'possessed' with? With the film for sure. I'll do anything... for the film. The film is simply paramount. Does that mean that I treat film like my god???