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.
Stars: Rentaro Mikuni, Mariko Okada, Keiji Sada, Takahiro Tamura, Hiroyuki Nagato, Kiyoshi Atsumi
Crew: Masayoshi Ikeda (Music), Masao Shirai (Producer), Hiroshi Dōwaki (Director of Photography), Tadaoto Kainoshō (Costume Design), Hideo Oguni (Screenplay), Seicho Matsumoto (Short Story)
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Studio: Shochiku
Runtime: 118 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jan 27, 1963
IMDb: 4.8
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