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Escape from Hell

6.819631h 58mMovieDramaCrime

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.

DirectorKazuo Inoue
WriterHideo Oguni
ProducerMasao Shirai

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Cast · Directed by Kazuo Inoue

RMRentaro Mikuni
Rentaro Mikuni
Shinpei
MOMariko Okada
Mariko Okada
Kumi
KSKeiji Sada
Keiji Sada
Yajuro
TTTakahiro Tamura
Takahiro Tamura
Yokouchi
HNHiroyuki Nagato
Hiroyuki Nagato
Kojuro
KAKiyoshi Atsumi
Kiyoshi Atsumi
Ichibei
KNKō Nishimura
Kō Nishimura
Heiroku
JBJunzaburō Ban
Junzaburō Ban
Chojiro
HNHiroshi Nihon'yanagi
Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
Kisuke
MTMasahiko Tsugawa
Masahiko Tsugawa
Senta
SMShinichirō Mikami
Shinichirō Mikami
Kichisuke
SMSeiji Miyaguchi
Seiji Miyaguchi
Usuke

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