Great Jailbreak

Great Jailbreak

91 mins | April 5, 1975

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.

Great Jailbreak

91 mins | April 5, 1975

Great Jailbreak
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.
Producers Toei Company, Ltd.
Original title 大脱獄
Directors Shinichi Hashimoto, Teruo Ishii
Writers Teruo Ishii

Cast

Ken Takakura

as Ichiro Kozue

Nana Kinomi

as Aki

Bunta Sugawara

as Kunizo Kuniiwa

Eiji Gō

as Gota Namikawa

Kunie Tanaka

as Goda

Asao Koike

as Sagawa

Hideo Murota

as Daichi

Yoshi Katō

as Kazami

Tatsuo Ito

as Koichi Akada

Gôzô Sôma

as Detective