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Abashiri Prison (film)

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Abashiri Prison
Theatrical poster for Abashiri Prison (1965)
Directed byTeruo Ishii[1]
Written byTeruo Ishii
Hajime Itō
StarringKen Takakura
CinematographyYoshikazu Yamasawa
Music byMasao Yagi
Distributed byToei Company
Release date
April 18, 1965
Running time
92 minutes
CountryTemplate:Film Japan
LanguageJapanese

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]

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

References

  1. ^ 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). Retrieved 2009-08-05. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help) and Abashiri Bangaichi (1965) at IMDb
  2. ^ Silver, Alain. The gangster film reader. Limelight Editions. p. 66. ISBN 0-87910-332-9. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ a b Schilling, Mark. The Yakuza Movie Book: A Guide to Japanese Gangster Films. Berkeley, Calif.: Stone Bridge Press. p. 156. ISBN 1-880656-76-0.

English

Japanese