Riki-Oh: Toukatsu Jigoku is a oVA anime that premiered in summer 1989, produced by Magic Bus.

About the production: the story comes from a manga, there is 1 episode of about 48 minutes and its current status is "finished".

Its main genres are action, with themes such as Super Power, Prison, Revenge and Male Protagonist.

On AniList, Riki-Oh: Toukatsu Jigoku has an average score of 56%, an average score, and appears on 1,580 users' lists.

The franchise continues in or follows from: Riki-Oh 2: Horobi no Ko.

A Retelling of the prison arc of the manga RIKI-OH! The story follows Saiga Riki-Oh, a young man blessed with inhuman strength. After taking revenge against a yakuza boss who was responsible for the death of his girlfriend, he ends up in a maximum security prison owned by a private organization. The prison is divided into four blocks, each run by a member of prisoners known as the Gang of Four. The first member is a tattooed knife wielder known as Hai that runs his block in a mafia style family system. The second member is a giant man (known as Tarzan in the live action) with incredible strength. The third member is a effeminate fighter named Huang Chaun that is growing Opium in the prison. The final member is a small man that use sewing needles as his weapons.

Official synopsis from AniList.