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
Masao Shirai Producer
Masayoshi Ikeda Music
Hiroshi Dōwaki Director of Photography
Tadaoto Kainoshō Costume Design
Seicho Matsumoto Short Story
Kazuo Inoue Director
Hideo Oguni Screenplay
Mushukunin-betsuchô Trailer
Escape from Hell Trailer
Japan 27 January 1963
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26 March 1963
A woman is tormented by dreams that she is the reincarnation of a dead countess. Her father, trying to get her to stop the dreams, takes her to a village near the castle of the late countess.
01 January 1963
Made on a wind-up Bolex camera, The Sound of Seeing announced the arrival of 21-year-old filmmaker Tony Williams.
01 June 1963
João Eduardo, a young inexperienced doctor, takes up work in a village. The initial skepticism from the community gives place to esteem for the new physician after some well succeeded cases.
01 January 1963
This was a sponsored documentary film by director Kazuo Kuroki of Japan. This highly artistic film focused entirely on Japanese marathon runner Kenji Kimihara.
31 December 1963
Police hunt for mental hospital out patient Simon Lacey, who has been unwittingly handing out barbiturates to children as sweets.
21 December 1963
Stellan Engman is Swedens most unpopular person. He is the meteorologist presenting the disappointing weather outlook in TV.
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