Escape from Hell (1963)

Name: Escape from Hell
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 1963-01-27
Duration: 118 min
Cast: Rentaro Mikuni, Mariko Okada, Keiji Sada, Takahiro Tamura, Hiroyuki Nagato

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.