Escape from Hell

1h 58m
DramaCrime
6.2

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.

Cast

Rentaro Mikuni
Shinpei
Mariko Okada
Kumi
Keiji Sada
Yajuro
Takahiro Tamura
Yokouchi
Hiroyuki Nagato
Kojuro
Kiyoshi Atsumi
Ichibei
Kō Nishimura
Heiroku
Junzaburō Ban
Chojiro
Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
Kisuke
Masahiko Tsugawa
Senta
Shinichirō Mikami
Kichisuke
Seiji Miyaguchi
Usuke
Sachiko Hidari
Orin
Nakajirō Tomita
Sadagoro
Jiro Kawarazaki
Kyuma
Kan'emon Nakamura
Seibei
Fujio Suga
Sobei

Crew

Kazuo Inoue
Director
Hideo Oguni
Screenplay
Seicho Matsumoto
Short Story
Hiroshi Dōwaki
Director of Photography
Masao Shirai
Producer
Tadaoto Kainoshō
Costume Design
Masayoshi Ikeda
Music

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