Release Date

22 Oct, 1977

Runtime

01:11: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

衝撃の世界死刑史

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Actors

日下武史

Crew

向井寛

向井寛

Kiyoshi Nakayama

宗豊

Shiro Suzuki

Takashi Akutagawa

Masaharu Saito

田中修