Escape from Hell
(1963)
★ 6.8 IMDb · 6 votes
Year: 1963
Runtime: 118 мин
Country: Japan
Director: 井上和男
Cast: 三国連太郎, Марико Окада, Кэйдзи Сада, 田村高廣, 長門裕之, 渥美清, 西村晃, 伴淳三郎, 二本柳寛, Масахико Цугава
Plot
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.