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The Shocking History of the Death Penalty
1977 0.0 (0 votes) 1h 11m
Genres
Documentary
Production Companies
Toei Company

The Shocking History of the Death Penalty (衝撃の世界死刑史)

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.

Key Crew

Producer: Kan Mukai

Director: Kan Mukai

Screenplay: Yutaka Sō

Director of Photography: Shiro Suzuki

Top Cast

Takeshi Kusaka
Takeshi Kusaka

Narrator

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