Escape from Hell (1963)

6.8/10 • 118 min • Drama Crime

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.

Cast

Rentaro Mikuni

Mariko Okada

Keiji Sada

Takahiro Tamura

Hiroyuki Nagato

Kiyoshi Atsumi

Kō Nishimura

Junzaburō Ban

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

Masahiko Tsugawa

Shinichirō Mikami

Seiji Miyaguchi

Sachiko Hidari

Nakajirō Tomita

Jiro Kawarazaki

Kan'emon Nakamura

Fujio Suga

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