---
title: 'Captive''s Island (1966)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Masahiro Shinoda'
released: '1966-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 87
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/captives-island-1966'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060867/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Captive's Island (1966)

1966 · 87 min · Drama · Japan

Original title: 処刑の島

## Synopsis

Captive's Island , also known as Punishment Island, is a 1966 Japanese drama film directed by Masahiro Shinoda. The screenplay by Shintarō Ishihara was based on the novel Ryujinjima ni nite by Taijun Takeda. The film probes deep into the damaging effects of the Japanese Imperial system on individuals. It concerns the story of a young man who travels to an island to punish the man who had murdered his family and brutalized him twenty years prior, but he develops feelings for the man's daughter which tests his resolve to carry out his revenge. The film makes extensive use of flashbacks, cutting forward and backwards in a free-form multilayered structure, to illustrate how the past casts a shadow over the present.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Masahiro Shinoda](https://cinepixo.com/people/masahiro-shinoda)
- **Editor:** [Masahiro Shinoda](https://cinepixo.com/people/masahiro-shinoda)
- **Screenplay:** [Shintarō Ishihara](https://cinepixo.com/people/shintaro-ishihara), [Taijun Takeda](https://cinepixo.com/people/taijun-takeda)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Tōru Takemitsu](https://cinepixo.com/people/toru-takemitsu)
- **Director of Photography:** [Tatsuo Suzuki](https://cinepixo.com/people/tatsuo-suzuki)

## Cast

- [Rentarō Mikuni](https://cinepixo.com/people/rentaro-mikuni)
- [Shima Iwashita](https://cinepixo.com/people/shima-iwashita)

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