Prison Break (2017) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

Release, runtime and language

2017 · 108 mins · Japanese

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Directed by

Yoshihiro Fukagawa

Starring

Susumu Terajima, Takayuki Yamada, Masanobu Katsumura, Takeshi Kitano, Hikari Mitsushima, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi

In June 1942, Sakuma Seitaro escapes from Akita Prison by breaking through a skylight, an event that reaches the ears of Urata Susumu, the chief warden of Kosuge Prison in Tokyo. Urata, previously in charge of life-sentence prisoners, had previously treated Sakuma with kindness, despite the convict’s history of escapes, including one from Aomori. Sakuma seeks out Urata to protest the inhumane treatment by Akita prison officers, but is promptly re-arrested. A year later, both Sakuma and Urata find themselves at Abashiri Prison, with Urata assuming the role of warden.