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Island of Horrors
19704.01h 23m
Overview
Two women are ferried to a small prison colony on the remote and barren prison island, where they and their fellow inmates are forced to perform perilous slave labor along the island’s treacherous cliffs, overseen by both an unforgiving sun and a crew of abusive male wardens. Meanwhile, the arrival of a newcomer among the island’s administrators, a disgraced policeman who is also the son of Nagasaki’s governor, creates dissension between the officials that, along with an untimely outbreak of bubonic plague on the island, ultimately sets the stage for a daring escape attempt on the part of the prisoners.
Directed by Toshiaki Kunihara
Written by Shozaburo Asai
0Top Cast
Masakazu Tamura
Santarô Isahaya
M
Maya Kitajima
Okiyo
Reiko Kasahara
Oran
Hiroko Sakurai
Osen
Y
Yuki Aresa
Omasa
Genshū Hanayagi
Ukifune
Kazuo Katō
Gunjûrô Segoshi
Saburo Date
Hiroshi Kondō
Jingorô
Gen Kimura
Minokichi
About Island of Horrors
Island of Horrors is a crime, drama, thriller, horror film released in 1970. Directed by Toshiaki Kunihara, it stars Masakazu Tamura, Maya Kitajima, Reiko Kasahara. Two women are ferried to a small prison colony on the remote and barren prison island, where they and their fellow inmates are forced to perform perilous slave labor along the island’s treacherous cliffs, overseen by both an unforgiving sun and a crew of abusive male wardens. Meanwhile, the arrival of a newcomer among the island’s administrators, a disgraced policeman who is also the son of Nagasaki’s governor, creates dissension between the officials that, along with an untimely outbreak of bubonic plague on the island, ultimately sets the stage for a daring escape attempt on the part of the prisoners.
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