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Escape from Hell

6.8(6)19631h 58m1

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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Status
Released
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Language
Japanese

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Director

Kazuo Inoue

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Japan

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  • JapanJP

    • Theatrical27 Jan 1963

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Escape from Hell was released on 27 January 1963.

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    DenPryan

    9/19/2020

    9/10

    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 Sh…

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