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Prison Break (2017)

One late night in June 1942, Sakuma Seitaro dangles from the frame of a skylight in an isolation cell in Akita Prison. He forces open the glass window and breaks out of jail. This crime even reaches the ears of Urata Susumu, the chief warden of Kosuge Prison in Tokyo. Urata had been in charge of those sentenced to life in the prison until last year. Although Sakuma is a dangerous person who had also broken out of jail in Aomori, he submits to Urata who is the only person who had treated him kindly in the past. However, three months after escaping from jail, Sakuma shows up at Urata’s house. He has come to complain about the inhumane Akita prison officers. But he is locked up again after Urata notifies the police during an unguarded moment. A year later, Sakuma is sent to Abashiri Prison and Urata is also ordered to transfer as the prison’s chief warden.

Release: 2017-04-12
Runtime: 108 min
Rating: 5.8 / 10
Cast
Takeshi Kitano
Takeshi Kitano
Urata
Takayuki Yamada
Takayuki Yamada
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Hikari Mitsushima
Hikari Mitsushima
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Susumu Terajima
Susumu Terajima
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Yutaka Matsushige
Yutaka Matsushige
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Hiroyuki Ikeuchi
Hiroyuki Ikeuchi
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Aoi Nakamura
Aoi Nakamura
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Isao Hashizume
Isao Hashizume
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Masanobu Katsumura
Masanobu Katsumura
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Ikkei Watanabe
Ikkei Watanabe
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Yoh Yoshida
Yoh Yoshida
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