Doing Time

Based On the book by Kazuichi Hanawa

Doing Time (刑務所の中, Keimusho no Naka) is a 2002 film directed by Korean-Japanese film director Yōichi Sai. Based on Kazuichi Hanawa's manga of the same name, it follows the day-to-day routine of a middle-aged inmate at a low security Japanese prison. The film uses a series of short vignettes to portray, often with understated humour, different aspects of prison life, especially the unvarying daily routines, the highly detailed rules, and the petty obsessions and minor pleasures that occupy the inmates' thoughts and conversations. The film is based on the manga of the same name, which relates the author's experiences during a three-year prison sentence.

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Release date:

2002

Director:

Yoichi Sai

Cast:

Tsutomu Yamazaki, Teruyuki Kagawa, Tomorowo Taguchi, Yutaka Matsushige

Genre:

Prison

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Year page:

2002 in adaptations