Filmboxd Logo

Filmboxd

1969

Portrait of Hell

Directed by Shirō Toyoda

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.

Duration

1h 35m

Released

November 18, 1969

You´re not logged yet? Do it here

8.1

Rating10

Views0

Likes0

Lists3

Cast9

  • Tatsuya Nakadai
  • Kinnosuke Nakamura
  • Yōko Naitō
  • Shun Ōide
  • Hideyo Amamoto
  • Yoshirō Uchida
  • Tappei Shimokawa
  • Haruo Suzuki
  • Masanobu Ōkubo

Recommended Films

  • Rashomon
  • Kuroneko
  • The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
  • Taira Clan Saga
  • Genkuro Yoshitsune
  • The Tale of Genji
  • Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji
  • The Tale of Genji: A Thousand Year Enigma
  • The Tale of Genji
  • A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji
  • The Tale of Genji
  • The Radiant Prince
  • The Tale of Genji
  • Three Women Around Yoshinaka
  • Minamoto Yoshitsune
  • Amorous Tales of Genpei
  • The Tale of Genji
  • Floating Vessel
  • Minamoto Yoshitsune
  • Shinran: Jinsei no Mokuteki