Portrait of Hell

Name: Portrait of Hell
Genre: Drama, Horror
Released: 1969
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 7.917

1969 · 95 min

Drama · Horror

★ 7.9

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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.

Crew

Director Shirō Toyoda
Writer Toshio Yasumi
Director of Photography Kazuo Yamada

Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai
Yoshihide
Kinnosuke Nakamura
Lord Hosokawa
Yōko Naitō
Yoshika
Shun Ōide
Hideyo Amamoto
Yoshirō Uchida
Tappei Shimokawa
Haruo Suzuki
Masanobu Ōkubo

Crew

Director — Shirō Toyoda
Writer — Toshio Yasumi
Director of Photography — Kazuo Yamada

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