Portrait of Hell

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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.

Country:

Japan

Genre:

Drama,

Horror

Duration:

95 minutes

Year:

1969

Director:

Shirō Toyoda

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Company:

TOHO

Cast:
Tatsuya Nakadai

Yoshihide

Kinnosuke Nakamura

Lord Hosokawa

Yōko Naitō

Yoshika

Shun Ōide

Hideyo Amamoto

Crew:
Shirō Toyoda

Director

Toshio Yasumi

Writer

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

Novel

Kazuo Yamada

Director of Photography

Yasushi Akutagawa

Original Music Composer