Escape at Dawn

Escape at Dawn (Japanese: 暁の脱走, Hepburn: Akatsuki no Dassō) is a 1950 Japanese anti-war film directed by Senkichi Taniguchi. Co-written by Taniguchi and Akira Kurosawa, the film is based on Story of a Prostitute by Taijiro Tamura. The film revolves around a tragic affair between a soldier involved in the Manchurian campaign and a prostitute. The film received two awards at the Mainichi Film Concours and was later remade by Seijun Suzuki at Nikkatsu.

Ryō Ikebe, Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Eitarō Ozawa, Haruo Tanaka.

The running time is 116 minutes.

The listed release date is 8 January 1950.