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Status
Released
Release
1984
Runtime
2h 5m
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Set in the icy wilderness of Hokkaido during the early days of the Meiji era, where the brutal warden of Kabato Prison terrorizes convicts sentenced to forced labor to build the roads needed to open up the territory.
63 Cast Members
Tatsuya Nakadai
Takeshi Tsukigata
Shima Iwashita
Yu Nakamura
Mikio Narita
Kido
Mari Natsuki
Suma
Reiko Nakamura
Hamagiku
Junko Takazawa
Hanayakko
Tetsuro Tamba
Ishikura
Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
Oga
Isao Natsuyagi
Kakumu
Asao Koike
Yuhara
Yû Hoshino
Roku
Kozue Tanaka
Kinu
Kumi Fujishima
Fumi
Ai Saotome
Setsu Furuya
Koichi Sato
Yakichi
Daisuke Ryū
Nagakura
Kunihiko Mitamura
Masaki
Shunsuke Kariya
Kogane
Hatsuo Yamaya
Marutoku
Shirô Kimura
