Portrait of Hell

Original title: 地獄変

95 minutes • 1969 • 8.1 Score

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.

Shirō Toyoda

Director

Drama

Horror

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