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Gate of Hell

地獄門 · 1953 | 88 min | Drama

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Synopsis

Gate of Hell is a 1953 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. It tells the story of a samurai who tries to marry a woman he rescues, only to discover that she is already married. Filmed using Eastmancolor, Gate of Hell was Daiei Film's first color film and the first Japanese color film to be released outside Japan. It was digitally restored in 2011 by the National Film Center of the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo and Kadokawa Shoten Co., in cooperation with NHK. It was based on the play Kesa's Husband by Kan Kikuchi.

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Poster by Daiei Motion Picture Company (大映株式会社, Daiei Kabushiki-gaisha) © 1953 (Public domain).

Credits

Producer
Masaichi Nagata
Director
Teinosuke Kinugasa
Screenplay
Teinosuke Kinugasa
Original Music Composer
Yasushi Akutagawa
Country
Japan

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Cast · 9

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Machiko Kyō

Machiko Kyō

Jun Tazaki

Jun Tazaki

Isao Yamagata

Isao Yamagata

YK

Yatarō Kurokawa

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