Escape from Hell
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.
- Year: 1963
- Country: Japan
- Genre: Drama, Crime
- Studio: Shochiku
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- Director: Kazuo Inoue
- Cast: Rentaro Mikuni, Mariko Okada, Keiji Sada, Takahiro Tamura, Hiroyuki Nagato, Kiyoshi Atsumi