Escape from Hell (1963)

Release Date: 1963-01-27
Runtime: 1h 58min
Production Company: Shochiku
Production Country: Japan
Director: Kazuo Inoue
Writer: Hideo Oguni

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.