Escape from Hell

Drama, Crime · 1963

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.

Starring

Rentaro Mikuni, Hideo Oguni, Seicho Matsumoto, Mariko Okada, Keiji Sada, Kazuo Inoue, Masao Shirai, Takahiro Tamura, Hiroyuki Nagato, Masayoshi Ikeda

Director

Kazuo Inoue

Producer

Masao Shirai