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Director:
Teinosuke Kinugasa
Writers:
Kan Kikuchi (play)
Teinosuke Kinugasa (writer)
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Release Date:
10 December 1954 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | History | Romance more
Plot:
In 1159, during an attempted coup, one of the court's ladies in waiting disguises herself as the lord's wife... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 5 wins & 1 nomination more
User Reviews:
Making a fool of yourself over a woman! more (15 total)

Cast

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Kazuo Hasegawa ... Moritoh Enda
Machiko Kyô ... Lady Kesa
Isao Yamagata ... Wataru Watanabe
Yataro Kurokawa ... Shigemori
Kôtarô Bandô ... Rokuroh
Jun Tazaki ... Kogenta
Koreya Senda ... Gen Kiyomori
Masao Shimizu ... Nobuyori
Tatsuya Ishiguro ... Yachuta
Kenjiro Uemura ... Masanaka
Gen Shimizu ... Saburosuke
Michiko Araki ... Mano
Yoshie Minami ... Tone
Kikue Môri ... Sawa
Ryôsuke Kagawa ... Yasutada
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Gate of Hell (USA)
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Runtime:
86 min
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
USA:TV-MA (cable rating) | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved
Filming Locations:
Daiei Tokyo Studios, Tokyo, Japan more
Company:
Daiei Studios more

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Visa de contrôle cinématographique France : #15760(subtitled version) or #15760/D (dubbed version). more
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Featured in The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007) (TV) more

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Making a fool of yourself over a woman!, 17 January 2009
7/10
Author: lastliberal from Florida

Supposedly the first Japanese film shown in the US after the war, this film was highly regarded by many critics and won a well-deserved Oscar for costume design.

It starts out as a war movie, but that is only a backdrop to what is really going to happen. In an uprising, Lady Kesa (Machiko Kyô) pretends to be royalty to fake out the rebels and allow the real queen to escape. She ends up in the home of Sir Moritoh (Kazuo Hasegawa) and is there until the rebellion is crushed.

Sir Moritoh asks for her hand as a reward for his service, but finds out she is married to Wataru (Isao Yamagata), the head of the palace guards.

This is the real story: a fool in love with another man's wife who will not give up his pursuit. I imagine that a lot of us can see ourselves in Moritoh. Cue Elvis, the King, singing "Fools Fall in Love." Lady Kesa is forced in the end to don disguise once again to save her love in this tragic tale.

Not only were the costumes beautiful, but the cinematography was outstanding also.

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