# Rope Hell (1978)

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**Original title**: *縄地獄*
**Runtime**: 69 min
**Genres**: Crime, Drama
**Directed by**: Kōyū Ohara
**Written by**: Kōyū Ohara, Kyōhei Konno
**Starring**: Naomi Tani, Nami Aoki, Hirokazu Inoue, Hitoshi Takagi, Kenji Fuji, Yoshie Kitsuda

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You wake up in a cramped backroom. Two men lock the door, candles casting shadows on the walls. Hitoshi undresses you slowly while reciting clan codes. Hanamura’s tape recorder whirs in the corner. The first strike never comes.

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