Norio Nagayama
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Norio Nagayama (永山 則夫, Nagayama Norio, June 27, 1949 – August 1, 1997) was a Japanese spree killer and novelist.
Biography
Nagayama was born in
Nagayama killed four people with a handgun between October 11 and November 5, 1968. He robbed the last two victims of 16,420 yen. He was arrested on April 7, 1969. When he was arrested, he was 19 years old and was regarded as a minor under Japanese law at the time.
The
In prison, Nagayama wrote many novels and became a public figure. His first published work was Tears of Ignorance (無知の涙, Muchi no Namida) in 1971. In 1983, he was awarded a prize for the novel Wooden Bridge (木橋, Kibashi). The Japanese writing community was uneasy with his success, given his status as a convicted killer. He was rejected by the Japan Writers' Association but did receive recognition in Saarland, Germany in 1996.[2]
On August 1, 1997, he was executed at the
Victims
- Masanori Nakamura (中村 公紀, Nakamura Masanori)
- Tomejirō Katsumi (勝見 留次郎, Katsumi Tomejirō)
- Tetsuhiko Saitō (斎藤 哲彦, Saitō Tetsuhiko)
- Masaaki Itō (伊藤 正明, Itō Masaaki)
Works
- Muchi no Namida (無知の涙, 1971)
- Ai ka Mu ka (愛か無か, 1973)
- Kibashi (木橋, 1984)
- Soren no Tabigeinin (ソ連の旅芸人, 1986)
- Sutego Gokko (捨て子ごっこ, 1987)
- Shikei no Namida (死刑の涙, 1988)
- Nazeka Umi (なぜか 海, 1989)
- Isui (異水, 1990)
- Hana (華, 1997)
See also
- A.K.A. Serial Killer, a documentary film on Nagayama
- Live Today, Die Tomorrow!, a drama film on Nagayama
- List of executions in Japan
References
- ^ Weisman, Steven R. (1990-04-26). "Death Sentence Fuels Japan's Soul-Searching". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
- ^ "Muchi no Namida" (in German). Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
- ^ "Killer's legacy builds bridges". The Japan Times. 2002-07-23. Archived from the original on 2012-10-15. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
External links
- In Secrecy, Japan Hangs a Best-Selling Author, a Killer of 4 New York Times, August 7, 1997
- 10 years after hanging, killer still offers lessons to be learned The Japan Times, August 1, 2007
- (in Japanese) Norio Nagayama
- A.K.A Serial Killer, accessed July 17, 2017.