Escape from Hell

Original title: 無宿人別帳

1963 ★ 6.8 118 min IMDb Japanese Kazuo Inoue

Overview

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.

Drama Crime