"One second, he just got here" "Are you Mr. Chavoret?" " Yes" "This way please" "Wait a moment please" "Uh, who's the real executioner?" "Mr. Chavoret was the executioner at Bang Kwang central prison, or otherwise known as the 'Big Tiger', or as foreigners know it" "'The Bangkok Hilton'" "1, 2, 3, 4, 5..." "As warden of Bang Kwang prison, I welcome you sir" "Does it really have to be like this?" "Relax Dad" "After the Minister speaks Please say a few words" "Mr. Chavoret, now that the state has transitioned from execution by gun to lethal injection" "Is it a disappointment for you?" "My job was always my duty" "It was not my job to feel disappointed or not" "Let it begin" "Number one" "How many executions have you performed?" "I'd like to call upon the Minister of Justice" "On this day, 20th October 2003" "The Government is pleased to announce the transition from the death penalty carried out by gun to lethal injection instead" "Can number one please show us how you aim the gun" "Now can I ask Number two" "Do you ever miss your job?" "I have fulfilled my duties already" "The new law that has passed has changed from death by gun to lethal injection" "Do you think that this method of execution is more preferable?" "Better or worse" "I cannot say" "Cannot say or will not say?" "Cannot say" "My name is Chavoret Laruboon" "I am the Last Executioner" "My name is Chavoret Laruboon" "I am the Last Executioner" "My name is Chavoret Laruboon" "I am the Last Executioner" "In front here is the machine gun that Mr. Chavoret actually used to execute prisoners and this is the real guitar that he used to play when he was in a rock 'n roll band 40 years ago" "Good evening everyone" "I welcome you all to tonight's performance by the 'Helmet Heads'" "Hey, that's the pretty girl from last night" "Excuse me" "I wondered if you were free tonight to come and see our band play?" "Alright" "Okay" "See you later then" "What's there to eat?" "Plenty" "Careful, careful" "Don't squash him" "Chow" "We're about to have a family together" "Hey!" "What shall I do?" "The baby's on the way" "You know Bang Kwang prison?" "They're recruiting prison guards" "We'll have money to buy milk for the baby now" "Really?" "Did you get it?" "Hey Chavoret, after you" "This is Bang Kwang Central Prison" "These prisoners are all hardened criminals" "They are dangerous with more than 25 year sentences" "There are more of them than us" "Everyone must follow regulations" "Everyone must perform their duties and must take their job seriously" "Today you are going to carry out your duties" "Open the gate" "Listen very carefully to the sound" "If there is any sign of damage or erosion on the metal you'll hear the difference right away" "You've just been baptized" "We interrupt programming with breaking news" "Chow, look at this son" "John F. Kennedy has been assassinated" "He was fatally shot by a sniper while passing by in his convertible limousine headed from Dallas Airport to downtown along with Governor Connally from Texas" "He's been admitted to Parkman Hospital" "Hey, let's go son" "As for his current condition." "Ah, there you are" " Hello" "So today is your birthday right?" "This boy's destiny is to work with death" "Come on, roll call!" "1.. 2.. 3.. 4.. 5.. 6.. 7.. 8.. 9.. 10" "All done boss" "I need support immediately in cell block 3" "What's wrong, boss?" "What's going on in there?" "You better watch yourself, boss" "What's happening here Chavoret?" "False alarm, sir" "All clear, sir" "Good" "Aren't you going to eat, sweetheart?" "The food's still warm" "Here" "Come in" "Mr. Chavoret Jaruboon" "Yes, sir" "Think you will work here long?" "Yes, sir" "I think it is time to promote you to the execution team" "You start tomorrow" "Your duty will be to escort death row prisoners" "Can you handle that?" "Prisoner Pornchai Saengsomboon" "Number 517" "Open" "Prisoner Pornchai Saengsomboon" "Number 517, sir" "Open the gate" "According to the sentence of prisoner Pornchai Saengsomboon" "Number 51712511 of Bang Kwang Central Prison sentenced to death" "After appealing to the State the Minister of Justice has considered the case for appeal and has come to the conclusion that pardon is denied for Prisoner Saengsomboon" "His death sentence stands by order of the court" "The Ministry of Justice is to carry out this sentence with immediate effect" ""Place to end all suffering"" "Prisoner Pornchai, time of death 17:41 hours." "Here give him to me" "Ready?" "Damn it!" "It won't fire" "Stupid gun What's wrong with the gun?" "It won't fire" "It works fine boss" "Let's see" "Still won't fire" "Officer, check the prisoner for any sacred charms on him" "Go on then" "Whoa!" "Tattoos all over your ass!" "Found it, sir" "Get it off" "Protecting you, eh?" "It won't fire" "Damn gun just won't fire" "I'll do it myself" "No you can't" "We have to follow protocol" "Show some respect" "Why don't you do it yourself" "Hey!" "Don't let the bugger suffer" "Shoot him again" "Go on" "He's not dead yet Don't let him suffer" "Keep shooting" "Get the body down" "Found something you're good at?" "This is all I got for you" "Get down Down on the ground" "Now!" "I have the situation under control" "Thank you Inspector" "Make sure the director-general doesn't hear about this or else I'm screwed" "Is Chavoret here yet?" "One of our men is captured inside" "We need to get him out without any casualties and prevent the situation from getting worse" "Chow" "Take your men in but be very cautious" "Sak, Amnat go in first and then use the tear gas" "Yes, sir" "Don't come any closer!" "You want him to die?" "What are you doing, honey?" "I'm making papaya salad to sell to prison visitors" "I'm taking the kids with me" "Why do you have to do that?" "These bills are spreading like cancer" "I'm off to work" "Hey Chow Good timing" "The Commander wants to see you at the Ministry" "At the Ministry?" "Shall I bring my guitar?" "Chow, it's the Commander Stop kidding around!" "We're going to be on the same team now" "Have a seat" "Right now we are short of an executioner and I think you're qualified" "You'll get an extra 2,000 Baht each time" "Pardon me, sir" "What did you just say, sir?" "2,000 Baht each time" "Do you think you can handle it?" "Children wash these oranges for mummy" "Can you help me with these?" "Yes, that bag there Bring it over here" "Ashes of the condemned" "The heartless and brutal ones" "Father Abbot" " Yes?" "I believe I've crossed the line today" "You... need to let it go" "Life, suffering and death are normal" "But these died before their time" "They died for their bad karma" "Here, here, see they don't have family, these ones" "We had to put them in these pots" "This one here was dealing drugs in schools" "Teacher caught him" "This one was also executed for murdering someone over inheritance" "Honey" "Aren't they nice?" "I bought them at the market" "Yew" "I'm an executioner now" "Now that you're an executioner you don't need to do this anymore" "It's a habit sir" "Go home and get some rest" "Tonight is your first" "We don't want you missing the target Okay?" "Yes, sir" "Getting excited?" "Mr. new executioner!" "What are you doing son?" " Poking this frog" "Don't do that It's bad karma" "Let it be" "I heard a rumor you've done this before" "What do you mean?" "Upcountry, remember?" "How did it feel?" "It felt like a duty" "Then why don't you do the next one yourself" "You know what?" "When I first met you" "I didn't think you were handsome at all" "I thought you were cool" "I was very beautiful back then" "Back then... if I had been a famous rock artist" "our life would have been much easier" "Everything would have been different" "A nice house, a nice car" "No bill chasers" "Fried pig knuckle and Singha beer every night" "No guns" "No killings" "You'd probably have left me for a sexy groupie" "That's right, that's what I was thinking" "You stink of alcohol" "Do you think we made the right choice?" "Do you have any regrets?" "Daddy, we have a ghost in the house" "No there isn't, sweetie" "Come here" "Close your eyes now" "Special delivery" "Father Abbot" "I'm worried that the job I do is going to cause bad karma" "Don't think of it like that" "I'm not only worried about myself but my family too" "Your family They are not a part of your karma" "Don't think of them being involved" "I..." "I don't even like this job" "Don't worry yourself with it It's not bad karma" "You are just doing your duty" "Yes, Father Abbot" "Thank you" "Blessings" "Hang on..." "What about your guitar?" "Are you leaving it?" "Oh, right" "Seeing you with a guitar reminds me of my younger days" "I used to sing too" "Oops, almost sinned" "Today..." "Ronald Reagan was re-elected..." "Dad, what are you watching?" "Watching TV" "What's on TV?" "The news" "What news?" "Ronald Reagan news" "Who's Ronald Reagan?" "He's a movie star" "What's a movie star?" "So many questions" "Be right back" "Hello, hello" "Please come inside" "Please take a seat" "Hey, Aum, come over here" "Yes, Dad" "Please everyone" "Thank you for all coming to congratulate Aum today" "We want to tell you that we are very proud of you son" "It might not be a very fancy job but it sure is an honest one" "I hope you'll make the most out of it" "Congratulations to" "The little tiger of the 'Big Tiger' prison" "You know Chow on his first day at work he was a sharp shooter" "Shooting what?" "Prisoners, what else could it be?" "Shooting prisoners?" "Real life people?" "Yes, of course" "That means he's a murderer!" "What do you mean murderer?" "They're called executioners" "It's the same thing!" "It's a sin shooting people" "How did I get into this circle of sin?" "I can't accept this, I just can't" "Oh my god!" "Mother, Father" "I'll bring my Dad over to introduce to you" "Dad?" "Nop's mother and father are waiting" "I hear you are courting my daughter?" "Do you know what I do for a living?" "Chow" "Excuse us" "Are you sure about this?" "Here you go" "Mum" " Yes?" "When you knew what Dad does" "How did it make you feel?" "Very proud, sweetie" "But don't tell your Dad I said that" "He's sacrificed a lot for us" "Hey, Chulee" "I'm really sorry" "He seems like a nice guy" "You can use normal language, Chow" "Mr. Chavoret, I've heard so much about you" "Yes, Ma'am" "I'm studying law right now so I have a special question for you" "I'm happy to help" "Were you always sure that the people you executed were guilty?" "I am like the end of the waterfall not its beginning" "I can do this, Dad" "I'm just watching" "The apple didn't fall far from the tree, did it?" "You know, in all these years" "I've never once found out anything until after the execution" ""Death Sentence for Prisoner Duangjai"" "There's still time, would you like something to eat?" "Maybe something light" "Okay" "Here" "Look at this" "This woman named Duangjai was a nanny for some rich family" "She got fired for stealing" "So she and her boyfriend decided to kidnap the kid for ransom" "They had the kid's parents board a train and when they were to see a red flag they had thrown the ransom money out the window" "The parents missed the red flag, so they didn't throw the money bag out" "The kidnappers got angry so they strangled the boy to death" "But some people say" "Duangjai might not be 100% guilty" "It was probably her boyfriend" "When you say 'some people' are they the judges or the police?" "Let go of me" "Yew!" "Yew!" "Come on" "You go do your duty and I'll do mine" "Go on" "She's not guilty!" "She didn't do it!" "Why are you killing her?" "Dummy!" "I really didn't do it" "I killed the kid" "I did it!" "I did it myself!" "Why the hell did you kill her?" "Screw you!" "I did it!" "Screw you guys She had nothing to do with it" "Bastards!" "She didn't do it!" "I did it!" "Kill me!" "Prisoner Duangjai time of death 17:43 hours" "Duang!" "Dummy!" "Duang didn't do it, screw you!" "No!" "Duang" "Duang!" "Duang, is that you?" "Hey, Duang didn't do it!" "I did it!" "Shoot me!" "Don't do that!" "You can't do that" "I did it!" "You're gonna let her suffer like this?" "We must follow protocol" "Flip her over for now" "Duang didn't do it!" "Shoot me, shoot me" "Please don't do it..." "I'm begging you!" "His parents don't even want him" "Don't harm him" "Tie her up again" "Please forgive me" "Shoot, shoot" "Shoot now, shoot" "I brought someone to meet you" "I really didn't mean to" "I didn't want to do it" "Please forgive me" "Mister" "You should go home" "Mr. Chavoret, we have some questions" "Mr. Chavoret" "Chavoret" "What was it like to kill your first woman?" "Is she dead yet?" "Dad" "Dad, let's go inside" "Look at the camera please..." "You see They followed you home" "Chow" "You can't bring work home with you" "I think I ate too much" "You only had three bowls" "Dad, shall we get something for Mum?" "How about this one?" "Dad!" "You're scary enough without it" "Hello" "Who is it?" "Nobody, I didn't hear anyone" "Hello?" "You better go home now" "Is everything Ok?" "Nothing, sweetie" "I just need to do something" "I'll see you this evening" "What do you think you're doing?" "Why did you call me just now?" "Are you talking to me?" "Stay away from me" "Ifs time you left me alone" "Mister, keep your head down" "That's enough" "It's not your time yet" "You don't want to join the new execution team?" "Thank you very much, sir" "But I want to spend more time with my family" "It's a pity, a man like you is hard to find" "Here you go, Dad" "For your health" "It tastes awful" "Let's go dad, they're here" "Go with Chulee, okay?" "Go" "Come on" "Please give him an applause" "This man has executed 55 prisoners" "He will be remembered as the 'Last Executioner'" "Mr. Chavoret, please say a few words" "I have fulfilled my duties according to my belief and faith to the best of my abilities" "Thank you very much" "Yes" "Now I'd like to invite everyone to join in releasing these balloons symbolizing the souls of the executed prisoners all 319 lives" "May they rest in peace with these balloons!" "On the 20th of October 2003... the Minister of Justice presided over the opening ceremony of the new execution room and marked the end of the firing squad" "Lethal injection so prisoners don't get shot at" "I believe is better and more civilized and more importantly it's much cheaper only 200 Baht per person" "It doesn't get any cheaper than this" "We should have clone this a long time ago" "Welcome back to the show" "I'm here with the former executioner of Bang Kwang Central Prison" "Mr. Chavoret Jaruboon" "Not only was he an executioner he also wrote many books" "Here's one that was written in English very popular amongst foreigners" "The book is called" "¡§The Last Executioner"" "Mr. Chavoret" "As executioner, have you ever hesitated to kill anyone?" "Please don't kill me!" "I didn't do it!" "Let go I didn't do it!" "They paid me" "Don't kill me..." "Warden" "What is it?" "I want to see the documents" "What documents?" "I don't want to kill an innocent man" "Chow" "Good thing it's you Anyone else" "I'd relieve them of duty" "Do your job!" "Did you hear my question?" "I asked if you ever hesitated" "No, sir" "I believe in our justice system" "But the system can be wrong too!" "What if?" "There's no 'if'" "Last question" "I want to ask you" "Which do you like more between a gun and a guitar?" "Guitar" "I was an executioner not a murderer" "How's it going?" "Father Abbot" "I want to ordain" "I've never done it before" "Never ordained, eh?" "How long are you planning to ordain?" " Two weeks" " Only two weeks?" "I thought you'd say two Lents" "Two weeks is more than enough, Father" "Not a bad idea to ordain You can pray for those you've executed" "How about your family?" "Yes, sir" "You should have your wife become a nun and your son become a novice" "That should be fun" "Hey, sweetheart" "Yes?" "You don't need to cook today" "I'm about to become a monk" "Let's go have a bit of fun" "Let me change first" "Do you hear something?" "No, I don't" "Sounds like the fans are calling for me" "I don't hear anything" "Toads don't usually live near water until it's mating season..." "Dad, what are you doing?" "I'm calculating my insurance" "You know what?" "If I die today" "You will get 30 times my monthly salary plus our 500,000 Baht in savings" "That will put you through to your masters and you have to finish your masters, understand?" "And you will get to take piano classes" "We should also have enough for you to keep this house" "I'm going to the bathroom" "Hope the mood lightens up when I come out" "Hello" "Do you have an appointment?" "We have a health check booked" "Chavoret Jaruboon" "Can I have your coupon please?" "Mr. Chavoret, the doctor will see you now" "The doctors won't get any of my money" "It's better to check just in case" "First doctor said I drink too much" "I can stop drinking" "I still think you should take further tests" "No need It's just a waste of money" "What are you doing in the dark?" "I can't sleep" "...excecutioner of Bang Kwang prison" "Mr. Chavoret Jaruboon" "Mr. Chavoret What do you think of the work you do?" "I think the job I do is helping prisoners relieve themselves of their sins and their sufferings, sir" "Don't forget to do good because good and bad karma will affect you in this life and the next" "I am ready to work hard again at the age of 60 no need to queue up for your 500 Baht anymore..." "Dad Mr. Pornchai is here" "Hello, Chow" "Please, come and sit down" "Are you doing well?" "I have good news for you" "The two books we released are selling really well" "I'd like you to write two more" "Sure" "How would you like them?" "Actually I'd like one in English and one in Thai" "Hello ...about life inside the prison and for the Thai one" "I want it to be about spirits Thais like that..." "Colon cancer?" "...third stage" "How much will I get for my next book?" "I've booked the operating room for 8 o'clock tomorrow morning" "I think the chances of removing it is very high" "Dad" "Did someone die?" "What's with the flowers?" "Thank you" "Let's go" "Smile" "There'll be more expenses for sure" "Smile will you Dad?" "I have a special guest with us today" "And let me tell you that he is an executioner at Bang Kwang Central Prison and has personally executed... fifty-five lives?" "I'm not kidding you!" "Please welcome Mr. Chavoret Laruboon" "Hello" "How are you today?" "I feel like the most envied man in all of Thailand right now" "And for today we have Mr. Chavoret's book to give away to our fans" "If you want this book go to our Facebook page" "First five to click 'like', will get a copy each" "We're going to take a short break now..." "Do you know this guy?" "Hmm?" "Does he look like Grandpa?" "Not the same?" "This is why your Grandma liked me" "As promised today we have a special show for everyone here" "Please give a round of applause for our own Elvis of the 'Big Tiger'" "Are you ready to go?" "This place has changed a lot" "That's right" "There was never this many people" "Shall we buy some food for the birds?" "Sure" "Wait right here, okay?" "Okay" "Chow!" "Doctor says to be prepared" "Let me tell him myself" "Right now it has spread to the brain already" "Doctor says your rock 'n' roll days are over" "You've got to be kidding" "This is your good karma" "And this is your bad karma" "We're going to weigh them, let's see" "Where are you taking me?" "Sorry for keeping you waiting" "I'm overloaded with paperwork" "Am I in hell?" "No" "No, no, no" "But those ones are because they actually enjoy killing" "Does this mean I'm dead?" "It says here you're not" "Smart move, not answering" "I'm not going anywhere yet" "Who are they?" "They're me" "Hey, you're here" "Hello" " Today's your birthday, right?" "Take this big one" "So you can grow up to be Elvis" "Why don't you try it out?" "Dad!" "Husband" "Father" "Musician" "Who are they?" "They're me" "Both of them?" "Yes" "Do you like your job?" "Killing people never made me happy" "Have you ever chosen between karma and family?" "No, sir" "The two cannot be compared" "Was the music okay for you?" "It sounded great" "What's your name?" " I'm Chavoret" "You can call me Chow" "I'm Tew" "Pleased to meet you"