Escape from Hell (1963)

  • NR
  • 01/27/1963 (JP)
  • Drama, Crime
  • 1h 58m

Overview

This suspense drama set in the mid 1700's depicts the plan of the Tokugawa rulers to send a number of homeless men to a remote island Sado to perform forced labor. Living conditions on the island are terrible and the men soon become rebellious. Based on a short story by Seichō Matsumoto.

Hideo Oguni

Screenplay

Kazuo Inoue

Director

Cast

Rentaro Mikuni's headshot

Rentaro Mikuni

Shinpei
Mariko Okada's headshot

Mariko Okada

Kumi
Keiji Sada's headshot

Keiji Sada

Yajuro
Takahiro Tamura's headshot

Takahiro Tamura

Yokouchi
Hiroyuki Nagato's headshot

Hiroyuki Nagato

Kojuro
Kiyoshi Atsumi's headshot

Kiyoshi Atsumi

Ichibei
Kō Nishimura's headshot

Kō Nishimura

Heiroku
Junzaburō Ban's headshot

Junzaburō Ban

Chojiro

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