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.

Director: Kazuo Inoue

Cast: Rentaro Mikuni, Mariko Okada, Keiji Sada, Takahiro Tamura, Hiroyuki Nagato, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Kō Nishimura, Junzaburō Ban

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.