Portrait of Hell

Portrait of Hell

1969/11/18 • Released • Japanese

Drama
Horror
8.1
1h 35m

Overview

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.

Director : Shirō Toyoda

Casts
Tatsuya Nakadai

Tatsuya Nakadai

Yoshihide

Kinnosuke Nakamura

Kinnosuke Nakamura

Lord Hosokawa

Yōko Naitō

Yōko Naitō

Yoshika

Shun Ōide

Shun Ōide

Hideyo Amamoto

Hideyo Amamoto

Yoshirō Uchida

Yoshirō Uchida

Tappei Shimokawa

Tappei Shimokawa

Haruo Suzuki

Haruo Suzuki

Masanobu Ōkubo

Masanobu Ōkubo

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