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Gate of Hell -- Winner of Academy Awards for best foreign-language film and best costume design, Gate of Hell is a visually sumptuous, psychologically penetrating story of obsession and unrequited love from Teinosuke Kinugasa.

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Director:
Teinosuke Kinugasa
Writers:
Kan Kikuchi (play)
Teinosuke Kinugasa (writer)
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Release Date:
10 December 1954 (USA) See more »
Genre:
Drama | History | Romance See more »
Tagline:
The Most Honored Screen Import in a Decade!
Plot:
In 1159, during an attempted coup, one of the court's ladies in waiting disguises herself as the lord's wife... See more » | Add synopsis »
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 6 wins & 1 nomination See more »
NewsDesk:
(16 articles)
DVD Review: ‘Gate of Hell’ Gets Extra-Free Criterion Release
 (From HollywoodChicago.com. 29 April 2013, 6:28 AM, PDT)
Criterion Collection: Gate of Hell | Blu-ray review
 (From ioncinema. 16 April 2013, 6:45 AM, PDT)
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 (From Rope Of Silicon. 9 April 2013, 8:00 AM, PDT)
User Reviews:
This movie blew me away! Totally! See more (16 total) »

Cast

  (in credits order)
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
Shinobu Araki ... Iesada
Kunitaro Sawamura ... Moritada
Kanji Koshiba ... Munemori
Fujio Harumoto ... Kanefusa
Taiji Tonoyama ... Kakisuke
Hiroshi Mizuno ... Otoami
Shôzô Nanbu ... Sadafusa
Shintarô Nanjô ... Tanenari
Toshiaki Konoe ... Masazumi
Eigoro Onoe ... Kunitsune
Kan Ueda ... Oil salesman
Seishirô Hara ... Mitsusada
Sumao Ishihara ... Pot salesman
Saburô Date ... Tomoyuki
Yukio Horikita ... Heita
Takaji Fukui ... Naganobu
Fumihiko Yokoyama ... Giheiji
Akira Shimizu ... Yoshiharu
Kazue Tamaoki ... Nariie
Masayoshi Kikuno
Jun Fujikawa ... A samurai
Tadashi Iwata ... A samurai
Toshio Chiba
Tokio Oki ... Tadamitsu
Eiichi Kusumoto
Hajime Koshikawa ... Cowboy
Hachiro Okuni
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tominosuke Hayama
Omenosuke Ichikawa
Ryûzaburô Mitsuoka ... The bearded samurai
Togo Onami ... Tadatsuna
Kiyoshi Takikawa ... Tomomori
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Directed by
Teinosuke Kinugasa 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Kan Kikuchi  play "Kesa's Husband"
Teinosuke Kinugasa  writer
Masaichi Nagata  writer

Produced by
Masaichi Nagata .... producer
 
Original Music by
Yasushi Akutagawa 
 
Cinematography by
Kôhei Sugiyama 
 
Film Editing by
Shigeo Nishida 
 
Production Design by
Hiroshi Ozawa 
 
Art Direction by
Kisaku Ito 
 
Set Decoration by
Kosaburô Nakajima 
 
Costume Design by
Shima Yoshizane 
 
Makeup Department
Ritsu Hanai .... hair stylist
Toshikazu Noguchi .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Tomeo Adachi .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Kenji Misumi .... first assistant director
 
Art Department
Clément Hurel .... poster artist
Akira Naitô .... assistant art director
Uichiro Yamamoto .... property master
 
Sound Department
Yukio Kaihara .... sound
Sakae Nagaoka .... sound recordist
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Heizô Honda .... assistant photographer
Yasuo Iwaki .... assistant camera
Shonojo Kato .... gaffer
Kan'ichi Saitô .... still photographer
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Goro Hisamitsu .... costumer
 
Editorial Department
Sanzo Wada .... color consultant
 
Other crew
Kenji Hisamatsu .... stage manager
Goro Hisamitsu .... background design
Narumoto Honma .... measurements
Hiroshi Imai .... measurements
Michio Midorikawa .... technical advisor
Seichirô Ogura .... background design
Kaoru Uno .... movement director
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"Jigokumon" - Japan (original title)
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Runtime:
86 min
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved | USA:TV-MA (cable rating) | West Germany:12 (f)
Filming Locations:
Daiei Tokyo Studios, Tokyo, JapanSee more »
Company:
Daiei StudiosSee more »

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

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6 out of 9 people found the following review useful.
This movie blew me away! Totally!, 22 April 2006
Author: GlennDavidTaylor from Western Desert United States

Wow! What an awesome movie. The leading lady was gorgeous, the shots were magnificent, the music was fantastic, and overall, this was a great movie.

Although it is in Japanese, and I saw it with subtitles, it is still the best movie I have seen all year.

This movie totally held my attention, and delivered everything I could have wanted, but not in the way that I expected. Wow! Easy to see why this movie won an Oscar for best foreign film. I would say that it is as good as any movie I have ever seen. I loved it.

If you are looking for something different from a film, give this one a look. You will not be disappointed.

Desert-Buddha

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