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Hakamada - The Longest-Held Death Row Inmate in The World

Hakamada - The Longest-Held Death Row Inmate in The World

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jul 12, 2021

Runtime

1h 12m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

80%

Original Title

Hakamada, 48 ans dans les couloirs de la mort

Production Companies

Walking Fish Productions

Director

Louis Dai

Description

On the 30th of June, 1966, in a small country-side town in Japan, four members of the Hashimoto family are stabbed and burnt to death in their family home. The savagery of the crime shakes the country and shortly after, 30-year-old retired boxer Iwao Hakamada is arrested, convicted and sentenced to death. Despite a lack of evidence, Hakamada would remain on death row for almost half a century before being granted a retrial in 2014.