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Cast

Rentaro Mikuni

Rentaro Mikuni

Shinpei

Mariko Okada

Mariko Okada

Kumi

Keiji Sada

Keiji Sada

Yajuro

Takahiro Tamura

Takahiro Tamura

Yokouchi

Hiroyuki Nagato

Hiroyuki Nagato

Kojuro

Kiyoshi Atsumi

Kiyoshi Atsumi

Ichibei

Kō Nishimura

Kō Nishimura

Heiroku

Junzaburō Ban

Junzaburō Ban

Chojiro

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

Kisuke

Masahiko Tsugawa

Masahiko Tsugawa

Senta

Shinichirō Mikami

Shinichirō Mikami

Kichisuke

Seiji Miyaguchi

Seiji Miyaguchi

Usuke

Sachiko Hidari

Sachiko Hidari

Orin

Nakajirō Tomita

Nakajirō Tomita

Sadagoro

Jiro Kawarazaki

Jiro Kawarazaki

Kyuma

Kan'emon Nakamura

Kan'emon Nakamura

Seibei

Fujio Suga

Fujio Suga

Sobei

Crew

Masao Shirai

Masao Shirai

Producer

Masayoshi Ikeda

Masayoshi Ikeda

Music

Hiroshi Dōwaki

Hiroshi Dōwaki

Director of Photography

Tadaoto Kainoshō

Tadaoto Kainoshō

Costume Design

Seicho Matsumoto

Seicho Matsumoto

Short Story

Kazuo Inoue

Kazuo Inoue

Director

Hideo Oguni

Hideo Oguni

Screenplay

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Escape from Hell

19636.2 / 10118 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.