Only after some hesitation did Tamaki, a 49-year-old man willing to reveal only his first name, play the DVD he'd found in a desk drawer last October at his parents' house, in the Chikugo district of Fukuoka Prefecture.
On its case was printed the title “The Path I Walked,” together with "Hikari," the name of his 82-year-old father.
Hikari has a stammer, and has avoided speaking in public as much as possible throughout his life. But the footage, shot 21 years ago, shows him stood behind a podium, speaking about his background in front of an audience. It was something Tamaki had never seen before.