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Theatrical poster for Abashiri Prison (1965) |
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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(s) | April 18, 1965 |
| Running time | 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.[2] It made a star of Takakura and Ishii directed ten more films in the series.[3]
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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]
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