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The King of Jail Breakers

The King of Jail Breakers

20106.51h 34m

Overview

Masayuki Suzuki (Itsuji Itao) is known as "Datsugoku Oh" (King of Escape) because of his incredible ability to escape from any prison. Even though his ability to escape from prison was unmatched he would normally get caught within a few hours from his escape. He is then sent to Prison Island ... can he escape ?

Directed by Itsuji Itao
Written by Itsuji Itao
Produced by Keisuke Konishi, Shin Torisawa
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Top Cast

Itsuji Itao

Itsuji Itao

Masayuki Suzuki

Jun Kunimura

Jun Kunimura

Seiji Kanamura

Koji Ishizaka

Koji Ishizaka

Kogoro Ura

Kai Ato

Kai Ato

Goto, Director of Shinshu Second Prison

Kanji Tsuda

Kanji Tsuda

Hashimoto

Houka Kinoshita

Houka Kinoshita

Iizuka

Yuichi Kimura

Yuichi Kimura

Ryuzaki

Hiroyuki Miyasako

Hiroyuki Miyasako

Usui

Seiji Chihara

Seiji Chihara

Prisoner 594

Hyōe Enoki

Hyōe Enoki

Prison Island Prisoner

Themes & Keywords

japanprison escape

About The King of Jail Breakers

The King of Jail Breakers is a action, drama, thriller film released in 2010 exploring themes of japan, prison escape. Directed by Itsuji Itao, it stars Itsuji Itao, Jun Kunimura, Koji Ishizaka. Masayuki Suzuki (Itsuji Itao) is known as "Datsugoku Oh" (King of Escape) because of his incredible ability to escape from any prison. Even though his ability to escape from prison was unmatched he would normally get caught within a few hours from his escape. He is then sent to Prison Island ... can he escape ?

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