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Jail Breakers

Jail Breakers

19765.21h 33m

Overview

Kamiki (Sonny Chiba) is a career criminal who is given the chance to break out of prison for the 33rd time. Afterwards Kaimiki teams up with a bunch of thugs that engineer prison escapes for money.

Directed by Kōsaku Yamashita
Written by Kiyohide Ohara, Ikuo Sekimoto, Kōji Takada
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Top Cast

Sonny Chiba

Sonny Chiba

Wataru Kangi

Haruko Wanibuchi

Haruko Wanibuchi

Yoko Kuze

Eitarō Ozawa

Eitarō Ozawa

Kozen Tadoko

Gorō Tarumi

Gorō Tarumi

Professor

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Willie Dorsey

Vietnam

Eiji Gō

Eiji Gō

Jaws

Tokue Hanazawa

Tokue Hanazawa

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Mihoko Nakagawa

Themes & Keywords

prisonyakuza

About Jail Breakers

Jail Breakers is a crime, action film released in 1976 exploring themes of prison, yakuza. Directed by Kōsaku Yamashita, it stars Sonny Chiba, Haruko Wanibuchi, Eitarō Ozawa. Kamiki (Sonny Chiba) is a career criminal who is given the chance to break out of prison for the 33rd time. Afterwards Kaimiki teams up with a bunch of thugs that engineer prison escapes for money.

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