Escape from Hell
無宿人別帳 · Escape from Hell · MOVIE
Drama, Crime 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.