Gate of Hell

地獄門

1953·86'

Teinosuke Kinugasa

HistoryDramaRomance

★ 7.1

Letterboxd TMDB #43349

The most honored screen import in a decade!

Japan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a violent uprising. Moritō falls in love with her, but becomes distraught when he finds out that she is married.

Cast

Kazuo Hasegawa Moritō Endō

Machiko Kyō Lady Kesa

Isao Yamagata Wataru Watanabe

Yataro Kurokawa Shigemori

Kōtarō Bandō Rokurō

Jun Tazaki Kogenta

Koreya Senda Gen Kiyomori

Masao Shimizu Nobuyori

Tatsuya Ishiguro Yachūta

Kenjiro Uemura Masanaka

Gen Shimizu Saburōsuke

Michiko Araki Mano