Kunio Nakagaki

Kunio Nakagaki (中垣 國男, Nakagaki Kunio, June 24, 1911 – April 2, 1987) was a Japanese Minister of Justice. He was a pro-death penalty activist and approved the executions of 33 people, including Matsuo Fujimoto and Ri Chin'u, who became the basis for the film Death by Hanging. On September 11, 1962, he commanded Fujimoto's execution and he was executed three days after.[1] He also attempted to execute Sadamichi Hirasawa, but failed. Hirasawa was not executed, and died on May 10, 1987.

Kunio Nakagaki
Minister of Justice
In office 18 July 1962 – 18 July 1963
Prime Minister	Hayato Ikeda
Preceded by	Koshiro Ueki
Succeeded by	Okinori Kaya
Personal details
Born	24 June 1911 Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
Died	2 April 1987(1987-04-02) (aged 75)
Political party	Liberal Democratic Party

References

1. "Archived copy" ニッポンリポート・平成の死刑編・喜びの暗転 (in Japanese). Tetsu Sakuma. Archived from the original on 2008-12-20. Retrieved 2008-12-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

House of Representatives of Japan
Preceded by Kiroku Kanke	Chair, Audit Committee of the House of Representatives of Japan 1951–1953	Succeeded by Shoji Tanaka
Preceded by Kazuo Tanikawa	Chair, Legal Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives of Japan 1972–1973	Succeeded by Hisao Kodaira
Political offices
Preceded by Koshiro Ueki	Minister of Justice 1962–1963	Succeeded by Okinori Kaya