Doing Time

Here's a movie that thinks prison is like summer camp. A man is sent to a minimum-security prison where the inmates have settled into a highly structured, if dull, routine. The film certainly gives you a lot of time to ponder its themes.

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Yōichi Sai directed Doing Time in 2002. See Yōichi Sai's full filmography, where to start with Yōichi Sai, or where to go after you've seen everything by Yōichi Sai.

Doing Time was released in 2002 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 93 minutes.