Thriller about three escaped convicts, one of whom (Sato), plans to murder the wife of a detective (Ikebe) whom he blames for the suicide of his pregnant mistress.
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Ryō Ikebe
Detective Hoshino
Known for
Pale Flower
Early Spring
Mitsuko Kusabue
Setsuko (Hoshino’s wife)
Known for
Yearning
Jigen Daisuke
Keiko Ieda
Toshiko Horiuchi
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The Terrible Game
The Young Boss is Third Generation
Susumu Fujita
Saitō (Chief Inspector)
Known for
The Hidden Fortress
Sanshiro Sugata
Momoko Kôchi
Ikuko Koide (Prosecutor’s daughter)
Known for
Godzilla
The Mysterians
Makoto Satou
Ryōsuke Yamashita (Escaped convict)
Known for
Princess Mononoke
Blind Woman's Curse
Kuroemon Onoe II
Senji Tabata (Escaped convict)
Known for
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Chieko Nakakita
Katsuko Horiuchi (Toshiko’s mother)
Known for
Drunken Angel
One Wonderful Sunday
氏家真紀
Mari (Bar woman)
Also in
Love is Different and Delicious
I Am Three People
Yoshibumi Tajima
Tsurukichi Togawa (Escaped convict)
Known for
Rodan
Mothra vs. Godzilla
Hideo Suzuki Director · Takeo Murata Screenplay Ken Ishikawa Story
First release November 26, 1957 · Produced in Japan · Original title 脱獄囚
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TOHO
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Japan
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Original title
脱獄囚
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · November 26, 1957
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No release date listed for United States.
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