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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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).