The Shocking History of the Death Penalty

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1977

Documentary

1 hour 11 minutes

Summary

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.

Kan Mukai

Director

Yutaka Sō

Screenplay

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

StatusReleased: 47 years ago
October 22, 1977

Language日本語

Spoken Languages日本語

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