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Portrait of Hell

7.919691h 35mMovieDramaHorror

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.

DirectorShirō Toyoda
WriterToshio Yasumi
ProducerTomoyuki Tanaka

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Cast · Directed by Shirō Toyoda

TNTatsuya Nakadai
Tatsuya Nakadai
Yoshihide
KNKinnosuke Nakamura
Kinnosuke Nakamura
Lord Hosokawa
YNYōko Naitō
Yōko Naitō
Yoshika
SŌShun Ōide
Shun Ōide
HAHideyo Amamoto
Hideyo Amamoto
YUYoshirō Uchida
Yoshirō Uchida
TSTappei Shimokawa
Tappei Shimokawa
HSHaruo Suzuki
Haruo Suzuki
MŌMasanobu Ōkubo
Masanobu Ōkubo

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