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title: 'Abashiri Prison (1965)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Teruo Ishii'
released: '1965-04-18'
runtime_minutes: 92
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/abashiri-prison-1965'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058869/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Abashiri Prison (1965)

1965 · 92 min · Japan

Original title: 網走番外地

## Synopsis

Abashiri Prison , also known as A Man from Abashiri Prison, is a 1965 Japanese film written and directed by Teruo Ishii. Based on the 1956 novel of the same name by Hajime Itō, Ishii wrote the script as a remake of the 1958 American film The Defiant Ones. The film is the first entry in Toei Company's Abashiri Prison series, which stars Ken Takakura. Highly successful, it was the first hit in the yakuza film genre. Abashiri Prison made Takakura a star and was followed by 17 sequels.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Teruo Ishii](https://cinepixo.com/people/teruo-ishii)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Yagi Masao](https://cinepixo.com/people/yagi-masao)

## Cast

- [Ken Takakura](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-takakura)
- [Toru Abe](https://cinepixo.com/people/toru-abe)
- [Kanjūrō Arashi](https://cinepixo.com/people/kanjuro-arashi)
- [Kunie Tanaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/kunie-tanaka)
- [Kōji Nanbara](https://cinepixo.com/people/koji-nanbara)
- [Tetsurō Tamba](https://cinepixo.com/people/tetsuro-tamba)

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