Movie

Escape from Hell (1963)

• January 27, 1963
• 1h 58m

• 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.

Director

Kazuo Inoue

Writers

Hideo Oguni

Starring

Rentaro Mikuni, Mariko Okada, Keiji Sada