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Escape from Hell

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Escape from Hell

6.2

1h 58m

1963

Synopsis

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.

Director

Kazuo Inoue

Trailer

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Cast & Crew

Rentaro Mikuni

Rentaro Mikuni

as Shinpei

Mariko Okada

Mariko Okada

as Kumi

Keiji Sada

Keiji Sada

as Yajuro

Takahiro Tamura

Takahiro Tamura

as Yokouchi

Hiroyuki Nagato

Hiroyuki Nagato

as Kojuro

Kiyoshi Atsumi

Kiyoshi Atsumi

as Ichibei

Kō Nishimura

Kō Nishimura

as Heiroku

Junzaburō Ban

Junzaburō Ban

as Chojiro

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

as Kisuke

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