THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
August 24, 2023 at 17:01 JST
Shoji Sakurai, left, and Kim Sung-woong, the director of the film “Ore no Kinenbi” (My anniversary), pose for a photo in August 2022 in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward. (Etsuko Akuzawa)
Shoji Sakurai, who was acquitted after spending 29 years behind bars for a crime he didn’t commit, died of rectum cancer on Aug. 23. He was 76. [Read More]
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