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Japanese Hell (1999)
Directed by Teruo Ishii
Overview
From the king of the Japanese cult movie, Teruo Ishii! A controversial film in which actual cases that rocked modern-day Japan—including the sarin gas attack by the Aum Shinrikyo Cult—are dramatized with gruesome detail as their perpetrators stand trial in Hell. An angst-ridden girl, Rika, is carried off to Hell by an old woman she meets in a neighborhood park. There she gets a first-hand look at the excruciating agony of those found guilty—by Lucifer himself—of committing heinous crimes during their time on Earth.
Rated R | Length 102 minutes
Actors
Mutsumi Fujita | Hisayoshi Hirayama | Yôko Satomi | Kenpachirô Satsuma | Kinako Satô | Ryûji Takasaki | Tetsurō Tamba | Chiho Yoshida | Michiko Maeda