Escape from Hell
MovieTitle | 無宿人別帳 |
User score | 6.2 |
Release date | Jan 27, 1963 |
Genre | Drama, Crime |
Director | Kazuo Inoue |
Production country | Japan |
Production companies | Shochiku |
Run time | 118 min. |
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.