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.
Title | Portrait of Hell |
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Year | 1969 |
Genre | Drama, Horror |
Country | Japan |
Studio | TOHO |
Cast | Tatsuya Nakadai, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Yōko Naitō, Shun Ōide, Hideyo Amamoto, Yoshirō Uchida |
Crew | Shirō Toyoda (Director), Toshio Yasumi (Writer), Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (Novel), Tomoyuki Tanaka (Producer), Yasushi Akutagawa (Original Music Composer), Kazuo Yamada (Director of Photography) |
Keyword | heian period |
Release | Nov 18, 1969 |
Runtime | 95 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 8.10 / 10 by 10 users |
Popularity | 1 |
Budget | 0 |
Revenue | 0 |
Language | 日本語 |