The Last Escape
1957, Japanese. Directed by Senkichi Taniguchi.
A group of Japanese nursing students and their instructor is serving at an army camp in China. When Japan loses the war the group sets out to depart China, but on the way back to Japan is captured by the Chinese and coerced to instead treat the Chinese army at a clinic. Caught with the group is also a Japanese doctor. When the Chinese army faction itself loses in battle the Japanese plan their escape.
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
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- Released
- 18 August 1957
- Original title
- 最後の脱走
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Sutezō Umemoto, Takeshi Kimura, Toshio Yasumi
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The Last Escape runs 106 minutes (1h 46m).
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The Last Escape isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 18 August 1957. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Last Escape?
The Last Escape (1957) was directed by Senkichi Taniguchi and stars Koji Tsuruta, Setsuko Hara, Reiko Dan.