The Shocking History of the Death Penalty (1977)

ALL 10/22/1977 (ja) Documentary 71 Min
  • Release
    10/22/1977
  • Production
    Toei Company
  • Rotten tomato
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  • Original title
    衝撃の世界死刑史
  • Original language
    ja
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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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.

  1. Kan Mukai

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Osamu Tanaka

    Editor

  4. Kan Mukai

    Producer



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  1. Takeshi Kusaka

    Narrator

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The Shocking History of the Death Penalty (1977) 71 Min

ALL 10/22/1977 (ja)
Documentary
  • Release 10/22/1977
  • Production
    Toei Company
  • Original title 衝撃の世界死刑史
  • ja
  • Revenue0.00

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.

  1. Kan Mukai

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Osamu Tanaka

    Editor

  4. Kan Mukai

    Producer