Escape from Hell

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.

Directed by Kazuo Inoue

Top cast

Rentaro Mikuni

Shinpei

Mariko Okada

Kumi

Keiji Sada

Yajuro

Takahiro Tamura

Yokouchi

Hiroyuki Nagato

Kojuro

Kiyoshi Atsumi

Ichibei

Kō Nishimura

Heiroku

Junzaburō Ban

Chojiro

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

Kisuke

Masahiko Tsugawa

Senta

Shinichirō Mikami

Kichisuke

Seiji Miyaguchi

Usuke

Sachiko Hidari

Orin

Nakajirō Tomita

Sadagoro

Jiro Kawarazaki

Kyuma

Kan'emon Nakamura

Seibei

Fujio Suga

Sobei

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