Escape from Hell
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.
Cast: Rentaro Mikuni, Mariko Okada, Keiji Sada, Takahiro Tamura, Hiroyuki Nagato, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Kō Nishimura, Junzaburō Ban, Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi, Masahiko Tsugawa, Shinichirō Mikami, Seiji Miyaguchi, Sachiko Hidari
Crew: Seicho Matsumoto (Short Story), Kazuo Inoue (Director), Hideo Oguni (Screenplay), Masao Shirai (Producer), Masayoshi Ikeda (Music)