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Escape from Hell

1963Directed by Kazuo Inoue

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Released: January 27, 1963
Runtime: 1h 58m

About Escape from Hell

Drama
Crime

Synopsis

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
Seicho Matsumoto
Original title: 無宿人別帳

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