Great Jailbreak (1975)
Original title: 大脱獄
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.
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Ken TakakuraIchiro Kozue
Nana KinomiAki
Bunta SugawaraKunizo Kuniiwa
Eiji GōGota Namikawa
Kunie TanakaGoda
Asao KoikeSagawa
Hideo MurotaDaichi
Yoshi KatōKazamiTatsuo ItoKoichi Akada
Gōzō SōmaDetective
Rinichi Yamamoto
Noboru MitaniMovie DNA
Frequently asked questions about Great Jailbreak
What is Great Jailbreak about?
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.
How long is Great Jailbreak?
Great Jailbreak has a runtime of 91 minutes.