Promise: The Nabari Poisoned Wine Case, The Life of a Death-row Inmate (2013)

Masaru Okunishi has spent over 40 years on death row. In 1961, five women died after drinking poisoned wine at a village gathering in Nabari City, Mie Prefecture. After his arrest, Okunishi maintained his innocence, claiming police coercion led to his confession. He was initially acquitted, but the verdict was overturned, and he received a death sentence in a second trial upheld by the Supreme Court in 1972. Since then, Okunishi has relentlessly appealed for a retrial, fighting against capital punishment. This dramatization of the Nabari Poisoned Wine Case portrays Okunishi in solitary confinement, his mother's steadfast belief in his innocence, and the efforts of those who have rallied to his defense.