Great Jailbreak
6.4
A group of prisoners attempts to break the Abashiri prison. This film can be considered a sequel to the Abashiri Bangaichi series, written and directed by Ishii Teruo. The friendship between two men on death row, a fleeting love affair with a traveling dancer and a deadly battle with the real culprit who has hunted him down filmed over a long period of time on location in Hokkaido.
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Cast
32 people
Ken Takakura
Ichiro Kozue
Known for
Black Rain
The Yakuza
Nana Kinomi
Aki
Also in
Dangerous Detective
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Teruo Ishii
Hiroshi Fujita
Known for
Rape Zombie: Lust of the Dead
Sunao Sakagami
Bunta Sugawara
Kunizo Kuniiwa
Known for
Spirited Away
Tales from Earthsea
Shinichi Hashimoto
Eiji Gō
Gota Namikawa
Known for
Tokyo Drifter
Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs
Hachiro Aoyama
Kunie Tanaka
Goda
Known for
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Fumio Soda
Asao Koike
Sagawa
Known for
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
Teruo Ishii Director · Hachiro Aoyama Composer Tetsuya Desaki Cinematographer
First release April 5, 1975 · Produced in Japan · Production Toei Tokyo
Production
Toei Company
Production
Toei Tokyo
Production
Japan
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Original title
大脱獄
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · April 5, 1975
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