The music video depicts an office worker who, despite feeling resistance, is complicit in bullying due to peer pressure. Gradually becoming a target himself, he is driven into a state of mental strain, which is conveyed through a vivid visual expression. The film acts as a warning to people today who unconsciously consume the misfortune of others as part of digital content. Even though “the foolishness of humans revealed in social media and the manipulation it causes upon people” acts as an underlying theme of the film, we avoided a direct portrayal and instead depicted it in an abstract manner in order to leave enough space for the viewers to reflect on the message.

Title:

“Naki Jizo”(=Weeping Jizo)

Context:

A “Jizo” is the guardian deity of children and travelers. They can be found in places such as

Buddhist temples, graveyards, and on the side of the road. Most of these statues are carved

out of stone. Rather than being “stone-faced,” Jizos wear a peaceful smile.

Lyrics:

We exist on a pyramid that benefits the very few at the top

What do you think?

I'm not listening

Smile as though you are happy

Push past your limit, one more time

Dear God. Am I not doing enough?

One more time, push past your limit

Am I programmed for hardship and struggle?

Oh, god.

How many last warnings have we had?

I guess we should continue,

to pray.

In desperation without inspiration,

how many times have you bargained for love?

I guess we should continue,

relating to one another?

Rid of all my senses,

I'm a Weeping Jizo

Oh!

The blood that runs through us

are to color these wretched days

The seed of life was torn out of me

I'm at the edge of a cliff

Irreconcilable

I'll remain where I am

Not with a foreign buddha,

but in a familiar hell

Oh, god.

How many last warnings have we had?

I guess we should continue,

to pray.

In desperation, without inspiration,

how many times have you bargained for love?

I guess we should continue,

relating to one another?

Rid of all my senses,

I'm a Weeping Jizo

Even I,

want to dream of laughing

But it seems that's a dream

that will never come true

How many last warnings have we had?

I guess we should continue,

to pray.

In desperation without inspiration,

how many times have you bargained for love?

I guess we should continue,

relating to one another?

Rid of all my senses,

I'm a Weeping Jizo

This is the first-ever music video in Japan to incorporate in-camera VFX. A VFX environment created in Unreal Engine was projected on LED panels in real time. We synchronized the movement/lens of the camera with the movement/depth of the VFX space. In the train scene, by placing props such as hanging straps in front of the panels, it made it possible to blend with the VFX background, creating an illusion as if they exist in the same space. For the platform scene, it appears as though the camera is orbiting around the hero and dancers. We achieved this by placing the casts on a rotating platform and simply moving the camera back and forth on a dolly. For the fence sequence, we created a set that utilized real fences, which is difficult to rotoscope in post with green screen.