• Director(s)

    Tai Kato

  • Production Year

    1967

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    91m

  • Cast

    Hiroko Sakuramachi, Asao Koike, Shingo Yamashiro

Film

18 Years in Prison

strong injury detail, violence, suicide references

18 YEARS IN PRISON is a Japanese crime drama from 1967 in which a soldier turned black marketeer is jailed, during which time his former partner becomes a gangster, setting the two men on a collision course.…

18 YEARS IN PRISON is a Japanese crime drama from 1967 in which a soldier turned black marketeer is jailed, during which time his former partner becomes a gangster, setting the two men on a collision course.

violence
Characters are beaten with sticks and other blunt objects. A man is tortured by having a cigarette stubbed into his hand, but we do not see this in detail. Another is tortured by use of a 'shrink jacket' which constricts his chest. There are shootings and bludgeonings, although impacts are hidden from view. A woman is repeatedly slapped and roughly grabbed by the hair by a man intent on intimidating her.
suicide and self-harm
There are scenes in which people attempt to take their own lives. There are verbal references to suicides and to a man's intention to kill himself, as well as to Second World War kamikaze pilots.
injury detail
There is strong bloody injury detail in the aftermath of violence and torture. A man is left with bloody hands and face after injuring himself on broken glass.
additional issues
A woman screams as a group of soldiers briefly carry her away; it is implied they may intend to rape or sexually assault her, but this attack is interrupted before there is any further detail shown. There are undetailed verbal references to rape and a woman is threatened with being made to work as a prostitute against her will. There are verbal references to sex work. A man excitably describes a sleeping woman's body to his friends and another mentions his wife's anatomy to fellow prison inmates. A man self-medicates by injecting himself with morphine to relieve his pain. There are scenes of gun and knife threat and characters are threatened with beatings and murder. A woman is restrained and held captive by criminals. There is mild bad language ('shit', 'tits' 'bastard', 'arse', 'bloody') as well as milder terms which include 'God' and 'hell'. There are references to a woman's cancer, including x-ray images of her lungs.

  • Director(s)

    Tai Kato

  • Production Year

    1967

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    91m

  • Cast

    Hiroko Sakuramachi, Asao Koike, Shingo Yamashiro

strong injury detail, violence, suicide references
Classified Date:
26/04/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Radiance Films
violence
Characters are beaten with sticks and other blunt objects. A man is tortured by having a cigarette stubbed into his hand, but we do not see this in detail. Another is tortured by use of a 'shrink jacket' which constricts his chest. There are shootings and bludgeonings, although impacts are hidden from view. A woman is repeatedly slapped and roughly grabbed by the hair by a man intent on intimidating her.
suicide and self-harm
There are scenes in which people attempt to take their own lives. There are verbal references to suicides and to a man's intention to kill himself, as well as to Second World War kamikaze pilots.
injury detail
There is strong bloody injury detail in the aftermath of violence and torture. A man is left with bloody hands and face after injuring himself on broken glass.
additional issues
A woman screams as a group of soldiers briefly carry her away; it is implied they may intend to rape or sexually assault her, but this attack is interrupted before there is any further detail shown. There are undetailed verbal references to rape and a woman is threatened with being made to work as a prostitute against her will. There are verbal references to sex work. A man excitably describes a sleeping woman's body to his friends and another mentions his wife's anatomy to fellow prison inmates. A man self-medicates by injecting himself with morphine to relieve his pain. There are scenes of gun and knife threat and characters are threatened with beatings and murder. A woman is restrained and held captive by criminals. There is mild bad language ('shit', 'tits' 'bastard', 'arse', 'bloody') as well as milder terms which include 'God' and 'hell'. There are references to a woman's cancer, including x-ray images of her lungs.

  • Classified date

    26/04/2024

  • Language

    Japanese