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The Shocking History of the Death Penalty (1977)

October 22, 1977 (JP) Documentary • 71m

Overview

Do humans have the right to judge and kill other humans? This program includes a history of capital punishment around the world through documentary footage and commentary. The electric chair, firing squad, hanging, poison gas, beating to death, slow execution, crotch-splitting, iron maiden, guillotine, execution by running, and beheading... It features a military execution in a South American country, obtained from a former prison officer. It also includes footage of the reality of life in Japanese prisons, death row inmates facing death, the parents of death row inmates, the families of their victims, and the gallows.

Director

Kan Mukai

Writer

Yutaka Sō

Top Billed

Takeshi Kusaka

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Crew
Kan Mukai
Kan Mukai

Producer

Kan Mukai
Kan Mukai

Director

Kiyoshi Nakayama
Kiyoshi Nakayama

Assistant Director

Yutaka Sō
Yutaka Sō

Screenplay

Shiro Suzuki
Shiro Suzuki

Director of Photography

Masaharu Saito
Masaharu Saito

Lighting Director



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Status

Released

Original Language

JA

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