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Shimane Prison Riot

Shimane Prison Riot

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Shimane Prison Riot

1975

1h 35m

6.5(2 votes)

Action

Crime

Overview

Japan, 1948: Hiroki Matsukata stars as a man facing a nine year prison sentence. He incites prisoners of Shimane Prison to the biggest riot in jail history. A fighter by heart, he sees a way out of any situation, but will he survive this, the gutsiest assault ever attempted?

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Hiroki Matsukata

Hiroki Matsukata

Tamotsu Sawamoto

Kinya Kitaoji

Kinya Kitaoji

Yuji Kawamura

Gorō Ibuki

Gorō Ibuki

Tamio Kawachi

Tamio Kawachi

Dog breeder

Kunie Tanaka

Kunie Tanaka

Yoshikazu Minagawa

Hideo Murota

Hideo Murota

Prison guard

Hōsei Komatsu

Hōsei Komatsu

Kyōichi Satō

Kyōichi Satō

Tadashi Kusatsu

Teruko Yagi

Takuzō Kawatani

Takuzō Kawatani

Yakuza underling

Creative team

Directed by: Sadao Nakajima
Written by: Tatsuo Nogami

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