Reika KAMATA 鎌田麗香

The Limit

いもうとの時間

Nippon Docs   ¾ 

In 1961, five people died after drinking poisoned wine. The prime suspect, Masaru OKUNISHI, was sentenced to death based on dubious evidence. Filmmaker Reika KAMATA documents OKUNISHI’s sister’s fight for posthumous exoneration after he died on death row. Narrated by Tatsuya NAKADAI (1932–2025), to whom our retrospective is dedicated.


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Guests:
Reika KAMATA

Thu., June 4, 2026, 16:30

naxos.Kino

German premiere in presence of the director Reika KAMATA

Original with English subtitles

NOT approved for persons under 18 years (NC has not applied for age rating)

Documentary Shades of Reality Social issues

いもうとの時間
Imoto no jikan

Japan 2024

88 minutes

Director
Reika KAMATA

Cinematography
Hiroki SAKAI, Shingo KOMENO

Narrator
Tatsuya NAKADAI

About Reika KAMATA
鎌田麗香

Reika KAMATA was born in Aichi Prefecture in 1985. She studied at Meiji University and began working as a police and justice reporter with Tokai Television in 2008. While working there, she made the documentary films TWO DEATH ROW INMATES (2015) and SLEEPING VILLAGE (with Junichi SAITO, 2018 / NC ‘20).