27 January 1963 Drama, Crime 118 mins
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.
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Rentaro Mikuni as Shinpei
Mariko Okada as Kumi
Keiji Sada as Yajuro
Takahiro Tamura as Yokouchi
Hiroyuki Nagato as Kojuro
Kiyoshi Atsumi as Ichibei
Kō Nishimura as Heiroku
Junzaburō Ban as Chojiro
Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi as Kisuke
Masahiko Tsugawa as Senta
Shinichirō Mikami as Kichisuke
Seiji Miyaguchi as Usuke
Sachiko Hidari as Orin
Nakajirō Tomita as Sadagoro
Jiro Kawarazaki as Kyuma
Kan'emon Nakamura as Seibei
Masayoshi Ikeda Music
Masao Shirai Producer
Hiroshi Dōwaki Director of Photography
Tadaoto Kainoshō Costume Design
Hideo Oguni Screenplay
Seicho Matsumoto Short Story
Kazuo Inoue Director
Mushukunin-betsuchô Trailer
Escape from Hell Trailer
Japan 27 January 1963
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This scene was filmed inside Sloppy Joes BarKey West Florida in father is playing the flute. Originally on this film it was his band playing in real time.
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1963:
01 January 1963
Made on a wind-up Bolex camera, The Sound of Seeing announced the arrival of 21-year-old filmmaker Tony Williams.
15 March 1963
Paavo and Eeva, two young people who have moved from the countryside to the city, meet a gang led by Kalle, who spend their time loitering and committing petty crimes.
01 January 1963
A pair of Village beatniks goes up against a clan of moneyed squares vacationing on the Maine coast.
14 July 1963
A candid, inside look at one of the greatest ballplayers ever, up through the 1963 season. Many highlights from Willie Mays's career are shown, including his 4-homer night against the Braves, his 400th homer against the Cardinals, and his 2000th hit.
15 August 1963
A doctor's already-shaky marriage is tested to an even greater extent when he has to contend with a smallpox epidemic.
18 October 1963
A photoshoot on the roofs and in the streets of Paris, under the astonished eyes of the inhabitants.
21 April 1963
Sonny Chiba's first martial arts film, a partially fictionalized judo biopic based on prominent judoka Shiro Saigo (Chiba), the second student of judo founder Jigoro Kano (Naoki Sugiura).
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