Movie: Shimane Prison Riot

Top 10 Billed Cast

Hiroki Matsukata
松方弘樹

Tamotsu Sawamoto

Kinya Kitaoji
北大路欣也

Yuji Kawamura

Gorō Ibuki
伊吹吾郎

Tamio Kawachi
川地民夫

Dog breeder

Kunie Tanaka
田中邦衛

Yoshikazu Minagawa

Hideo Murota
室田日出男

Prison guard

Hōsei Komatsu
小松方正

Kyōichi Satō
佐藤京一

Tadashi Kusatsu

Teruko Yagi
Teruko Yagi

Takuzō Kawatani
川谷拓三

Yakuza underling

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    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?

  • Release Date

    1975-06-07

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    5

  • Rating:

    2.5 starts
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    日本語
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