Abashiri Prison (film)
Abashiri Prison (網走番外地, Abashiri Bangaichi) aka A Man from Abashiri Prison is a 1965 Japanese film directed by Teruo Ishii and starring Ken Takakura. It is the first entry in the Abashiri Bangaichi / Abashiri Prison series. Highly successful, it was the first hit in the yakuza film genre.[2] It made a star of Takakura and Ishii directed ten more films in the series.[3]
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| Directed by | Teruo Ishii[1] |
| Written by | Teruo Ishii Hajime Itō |
| Starring | Ken Takakura |
| Music by | Masao Yagi |
| Cinematography | Yoshikazu Yamasawa |
| Distributed by | Toei Company |
Release date |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Synopsis
In Hokkaido's Abashiri Prison, Shinichi Tachibana, model prisoner with six months remaining in his sentence is handcuffed to Gonda, a hardened criminal. When Gonda and other inmates escape from the prison, Tachibana must go along.[3]
Cast
- Ken Takakura
- Kōji Nanbara
- Tetsurō Tamba
- Toru Abe
- Kanjūrō Arashi
- Kyosuke Machida
- Kunie Tanaka
- Limm Sueii
- Kenji Ushio
- Koji Takishima
- Koji Miemachi
- Kazu Sugiyoshi
- Seiya Satou
- Joji Yoshimura
- Koji Sekiyama
- Tadashi Suganuma
- Tatsuya Kitayama
References
- Infobox data from 網走番外地 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-08-07.; "網走番外地". Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2009-08-05. and Abashiri Bangaichi (1965) at IMDb
- Silver, Alain; James Ursini (2007). The gangster film reader. Limelight Editions. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-87910-332-3.
- Schilling, Mark (2003). The Yakuza Movie Book: A Guide to Japanese Gangster Films. Berkeley, Calif.: Stone Bridge Press. p. 156. ISBN 1-880656-76-0.
External links
English
- Abashiri Bangaichi at AllMovie
- "ABASHIRI BANGAICHI". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
- Abashiri Bangaichi at IMDb
Japanese
- 網走番外地(1965) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
- "網走番外地". Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
- 網走番外地 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
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