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Escape from Hell( 1963)

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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.

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      Rentaro Mikuni

      Shinpei

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      Mariko Okada

      Kumi

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      Keiji Sada

      Yajuro

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      Takahiro Tamura

      Yokouchi

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      Hiroyuki Nagato

      Kojuro

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      Kiyoshi Atsumi

      Ichibei

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      Kō Nishimura

      Heiroku

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      Junzaburō Ban

      Chojiro

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      Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

      Kisuke

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      Masahiko Tsugawa

      Senta

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      Shinichirō Mikami

      Kichisuke

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      Seiji Miyaguchi

      Usuke

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      Sachiko Hidari

      Orin

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      Nakajirō Tomita

      Sadagoro

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      Jiro Kawarazaki

      Kyuma

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      Kan'emon Nakamura

      Seibei

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      Fujio Suga

      Sobei

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    A review by DenPryan

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    Written by DenPryan on Sat Sep 19 2020
    In 1802, vagrants are rounded up in Edo and sent to Sado Island for forced labor in a mine. Among them is handsome Yaju who was falsely charged with a crime by Kurozuka. Kurozuka arrives on Sado Island as an official under the new magistrate Shuzen, and makes repeated attempts on Yaju's life. In this he is helped by Kojuro, an ambitious constable who is willing to do anything for promotion. Kojuro finds out that Shuzen is suspicious of the prosperity of Kagaya, a mine owner and informs against him. Kojuro places his mistress Rin in the service of bachelor Shuzen pretending that she is his sis...

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    Facts

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    Released

    Original Language

    English

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