Shiro TOYODA 豊田四郎
Portrait of Hell
地獄変
Nippon Retro ²
In Heian Japan, Korean painter Yoshihide clashes with Lord Horikawa over art and life. Yoshihide refuses to paint paradise, wishing instead to depict hell. A real inferno is then unleashed. Tatsuya NAKADAI brilliantly portrays an artist’s descent into madness in Shiro TOYODA’s lavish, philosophical horror masterpiece.
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Japan 1969
95 minutes
Director
Shiro TOYODA
Script
Toshio YASUMI based on a narration by Ryunosuke AKUTAGAWA
Cinematography
Kazuo YAMADA
World sales
Toho
Film print
Japan Foundation
Cast
Tatsuya NAKADAI, Yoko NAITO, Kinnosuke NAKAMURA, Shun OIDE, Yoshiro UCHIDA