Escape from Hell

Storyline

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.

• Released

  1963

• Runtime

  1h 58min

• Director

  Kazuo Inoue

Genre

DramaCrime

• Status

  Released

• Language

  Japanese

• Production

  Shochiku