18 Years in Prison

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Director(s)

Tai Kato

Production Year

1967

Genre(s)

Drama

Approx. running minutes

91m

Cast

Hiroko Sakuramachi, Asao Koike, Shingo Yamashiro