Portrait of Hell
1969 · Movie · 95 min. · Japan
The cruel and egoistical daymio Horikawa demands Korean master painter Yoshihide to decorate the walls of his new temple with a mural of Buddhist paradise, but Yoshihide refuses, insisting that he cannot paint what he does not see. In Horikawa's realm, Yoshihide can see nothing but the suffering of peasants.
Direction Shirô Toyoda
Cast Eisei Amamoto · Yôko Naito · Tatsuya Nakadai · Kinnosuke Nakamura · Shun Oide
Soundtrack Yasushi Akutagawa
Screenplay Toshio Yasumi · Ryunosuke Akutagawa
Cinematography Kazuo Yamada
Original title Jigokuhen
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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