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Abashiri Prison (film)
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Wikipedia article
'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. It made a star of Takakura and Ishii directed ten more films in the series.
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.
Cast
* Ken Takakura
* Kji Nanbara
* Tetsur Tamba
* Toru Abe
* Kanjr 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
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