Shimane Prison Riot

Jun 7, 1975

1h 35m

★ 5.0

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?

Genres

Action

Crime

Production Companies

Toei Company

Shimane Prison Riot Trailers

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Cast

Tamotsu Sawamoto

Hiroki Matsukata

Yuji Kawamura

Kinya Kitaoji

Gorō Ibuki

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Tamio Kawachi

Yoshikazu Minagawa

Kunie Tanaka

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Hideo Murota

Hōsei Komatsu

Tadashi Kusatsu

Kyōichi Satō

Teruko Yagi

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Takuzō Kawatani

Prison Guard

Kei Satō

Ichirō Nakatani

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