

The Rapacious Jailbreaker
1974-12-07 · 97 min · ★ 6.6
Convicted of murder, Masayuki Ueda is sent to Hiroshima Prison along with his accomplice. But for a man like him, breaking out of prison is easy.
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- Directors
- Sadao Nakajima
- Production companies
- Toei Company
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Released
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Hiroki MatsukataMasayuki Ueda
Tatsuo UmemiyaYuji Suenaga
Tsunehiko WataseTagami Kiyomatsu
Naoko OhtaniKazuko
Gorō IbukiYoshihara Hiroshi
Yōko KoizumiMasahiro
Shigeru KōyamaTakeshi Domoto
Kō NishimuraSukezo Kojima
Hōsei KomatsuMaedo Kanji
Tatsuo EndōMasuo Tomimatsu
Akira ShiojiMinami Hachiro
Tomisaburō WakayamaOkamoto Seijiro
Hideo MurotaKoichi Kaneyama
Takuzō KawataniOsamu Miyabe
Nobuo KanekoYoshio Imazu - Warden
Hiroshi NawaAsai Teizo
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