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Portrait of Hell (1969)

Directed by Shiro Toyoda

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.

Length 95 minutes

Actors

Tatsuya Nakadai | Kinnosuke Nakamura | Yôko Naitô | Shun Ôide | Hideyo Amamoto | Yoshiro Uchida | Tappei Shimokawa | Haruo Suzuki | Masanobu Ôkubo