aum founder asahara helped him with his problems. >> translator: i was drawn to asahara like a moth flutteringround a fluorescent light. i simply had to stay with aum. >> narushito noda used to be an aum executive. he joined the cult when he was at the university of tokyo. he described how the leader attracted devotees. >> translator: a person with a psychological or physical illness would visit asahara. if he or she was able to overcome the sickness or problems by following his instructions, that person was driven to have faith in asahara. >> that same faith drove nakagawa to commit a spate of vicious crimes. >> translator: i've produced sarin many times and inhaled the gas which almost killed me. matsumoto referred to the possibility of creating an atomic bomb he would activate on his own. >> he says he recognizes the complexity underlying the crimes committed by the cult members. the motives remain unknown. >> translator: the defendant claims he's not to blame because he merely followed orders. he hasn't given any deep thought to his deeds. even if he was driven to commit the crimes, it's h

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families of aum followers on monday said it has appealed against the executions, arguing that if asahara had not founded the cult, the defendants would not have committed the crimes. the victims' families are pressing for early executions. >> translator: our feelings will never change even if the executions are carried out. i will carefully watch how the situation develops. >> 16 years of legal proceedings against aum shinri kyo members didn't help dig up many answers. we still don't know why the cult's leader tried to take over japan. and we also don't know why highly educated young people such as seiichi endo joined the religious group. endo was once a graduate student at kyoto university. he studied aids. he joined aum shinri kyo because he felt drawn to mystifying experience. nhk obtained this confidential tape. it's a recording of a conversation between endo and aum leader chizuo matsumoto. they're discussing how to replicate the dna of matsumoto. >> translator: how many genes are in dna? >> there are about 1500 base pairs of genes in your dna. for example, if we tried replicating t

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