Directed by:
Teinosuke KinugasaCast:
長谷川一夫, Machiko Kyō, Isao Yamagata, Kenjirō Uemura, Taiji Tonoyama, Tatsuya Ishiguro, 伊達三郎, 南部彰三, 荒木道子, Koreya SendaPlots(1)
A winner of Academy Awards for best foreign-language film and best costume design, Gate of Hell is a visually sumptuous, psychologically penetrating work from Teinosuke Kinugasa. In the midst of epic, violent intrigue in twelfth-century Japan, an imperial warrior falls for a lady-in-waiting; after he discovers she is married, he becomes frenzied in his attempts to win her love. Kinugasa’s film, an early triumph of color cinematography in Japan, is an unforgettable, tragic story of obsession and unrequited passion. (Criterion)
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長谷川一夫
Japan
Best movies:
Crossways (1928)
The Crucified Lovers (1954)
Gate of Hell (1953)
Machiko Kyō
Japan
Best movies:
Rashomon (1950)
Tales of Ugetsu (1953)
The Face of Another (1966)
Isao Yamagata
UK
Best movies:
Seven Samurai (1954)
Samurai Rebellion (1967)
A Story Written with Water (1965)
Kenjirō Uemura
Japan
Best movies:
The Silent Duel (1949)
Gate of Hell (1953)
I Am Waiting (1957)
Taiji Tonoyama
Japan
Best movies:
Tokyo Pop (1988)
The Naked Island (1960)
The Castle of Sand (1974)
Tatsuya Ishiguro
Japan
Best movies:
Revenge (1963)
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)
Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold (1964)
伊達三郎
Japan
Best movies:
Revenge (1963)
Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold (1964)
Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (1965)
南部彰三
Japan
Best movies:
Zatoichi and the Fugitives (1968)
New Tale of Zatoichi (1963)
Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
荒木道子
Best movies:
Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963)
Red Beard (1965)
The River Fuefuki (1960)
Koreya Senda
Japan
Best movies:
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Gate of Hell (1953)
My Love Has Been Burning (1949)