Gate of Hell Movie Review 1954

Set in 12th-century Japan. A warlord desires a beautiful married woman and seeks to kill her husband to have her. However, he accidentally kills her instead. Filled with shame and remorse, the warlord abandons his life to seek solace as a monk. Heavily awarded and critically acclaimed; the first Japanese film to use color photography. In Japanese with English subtitles.

Distribution

Home Vision Cinema, c/o Image Entertainment, 20525 Nordhoff St., Ste. 200, Chatsworth, CA 91311, URL: http://www.homevision.com

Available on VHS
Running time 89 minutes.
Originally from Japanese.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Historical Drama, Medieval Romps, Tragedy

Screenplay

Teinosuke Kinugasa

Cast

Kazuo Hasegawa, Machiko Kyo, Isao Yamagata, Koreya Senda

Cinematography

Kohei Sugiyama

Director

Teinosuke Kinugasa

Music

Yashushi Akutagawa

Producer

Harrison Pictures

Awards

Oscars 1954: Costume Des. (C), Foreign Film; Cannes 1954: Film.