The Shocking History of the Death Penalty
October 22, 1977
71 min
JA
✓ Released 17772 days ago
Documentary
2.0
User Score
1 votes
About
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.
Movie Info
Status: Released
Director: Kan Mukai
Runtime: 71 min
Top Cast
Takeshi Kusaka
Narrator
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