The read
It runs a compact 1h 23m.
Synopsis
Two women are ferried to a small prison colony on the remote and barren prison island, where they and their fellow inmates are forced to perform perilous slave labor along the island’s treacherous cliffs, overseen by both an unforgiving sun and a crew of abusive male wardens. Meanwhile, the arrival of a newcomer among the island’s administrators, a disgraced policeman who is also the son of Nagasaki’s governor, creates dissension between the officials that, along with an untimely outbreak of bubonic plague on the island, ultimately sets the stage for a daring escape attempt on the part of the prisoners.
Ratings
IMDb5.5/10
8 audience votes
Key crew
- Toshiaki KuniharaDirector
- Hajime KaburagiOriginal Music Composer
- Shozaburo AsaiScreenplay
Cast
- Masakazu TamuraSantarô Isahaya
- Maya KitajimaOkiyo
- Reiko KasaharaOran
- Hiroko SakuraiOsen
- Yuki AresaOmasa
- Genshū HanayagiUkifune
- Kazuo KatōGunjûrô Segoshi
- Saburo DateCast
- Hiroshi KondōJingorô
- Gen KimuraMinokichi
- Naomi KobayashiOtami
- Keiko KoyanagiOseki