Drama ·Horror · Japan · 1969 · 1h 35m

Portrait of Hell

地獄変

Director

Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai as Yoshihide Kinnosuke Nakamura as Lord Hosokawa Yōko Naitō as Yoshika Shun Ōide as Hideyo Amamoto as Yoshirō Uchida as

Crew

Kazuo Yamada — Director of Photography Yasushi Akutagawa — Original Music Composer Toshio Yasumi — Writer Ryūnosuke Akutagawa — Novel Tomoyuki Tanaka — Producer

Synopsis

The story, set in the Heian era, depicts the conflict between Korean painter Yoshihide (Nakadai) and his Japanese patron, the cruel and egotistical daimyo Horikawa (Nakamura). It is based on the 1918 short story Hell Screen by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa.

Mood & Themes

heian period

Key Collaborators

Shirō Toyoda Director Kazuo Yamada Director of Photography Yasushi Akutagawa Original Music Composer Toshio Yasumi Writer Ryūnosuke Akutagawa Novel Tomoyuki Tanaka Producer

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