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Theatrical poster for Abashiri Prison (1965)
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Directed by | Teruo Ishii |
Written by | Teruo Ishii Hajime Itō |
Starring | Ken Takakura |
Music by | Masao Yagi |
Cinematography | Yoshikazu Yamasawa |
Distributed by | Toei Company |
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92 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
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. It made a star of Takakura and Ishii directed ten more films in the series.
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.