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Portrait of Hell

1969

Directed by Shirō Toyoda

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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.

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Produced by
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Cinematographer
Kazuo Yamada
Studio
TOHO
Origin country
Japan
Runtime
1h 35m
Language
ja
TMDB
7.9/10 (12 votes)
IMDb
7.3/10 (364 votes)
Released November 18, 1969·地獄変

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