Shimane Prison Riot

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?

Cast

Hiroki Matsukata

as Tamotsu Sawamoto

Kinya Kitaoji

as Yuji Kawamura

Gorō Ibuki

Tamio Kawachi

as Dog breeder

Kunie Tanaka

as Yoshikazu Minagawa

Hideo Murota

as Prison guard

Hōsei Komatsu

Kyōichi Satō

as Tadashi Kusatsu

Teruko Yagi

Takuzō Kawatani

as Yakuza underling

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