Escape from Hell

6.2 / 10

(5 votes)

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.

Country:

Japan

Genre:

Drama,

Crime

Duration:

118 minutes

Year:

1963

Director:

Kazuo Inoue

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Company:

Shochiku

Cast:
Rentaro Mikuni

Shinpei

Mariko Okada

Kumi

Keiji Sada

Yajuro

Takahiro Tamura

Yokouchi

Hiroyuki Nagato

Kojuro

Crew:
Masayoshi Ikeda

Music

Masao Shirai

Producer

Hiroshi Dōwaki

Director of Photography

Tadaoto Kainoshō

Costume Design

Hideo Oguni

Screenplay