Great Jailbreak

Great Jailbreak

1975 · 91 min · ★ 7.0 · Action, Crime

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.

Directed by Teruo Ishii · Written by Teruo Ishii

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