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Release Date:
30 July 1960 (Japan)
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Plot:
A graduate-school student has a friend who is pure evil. His friend and he are out driving one night...
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Nifff 2008 - Hideo Nakata on Nobuo Nakagawa & Amityville Horror
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If good movie is sin Jigoku will surely take you to hell
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Shigeru Amachi | ... | Shirô Shimizu |
| Utako Mitsuya | ... | Yukiko / Sachiko |
| Yôichi Numata | ... | Tamura |
| Hiroshi Hayashi | ... | Gôzô Shimizu |
| Jun Ôtomo | ... | Ensai Taniguchi |
| Akiko Yamashita | ... | Kinuko |
| Kiyoko Tsuji | ... | Kyôichi's Mother |
| Fumiko Miyata | ... | Mrs. Yajima |
| Torahiko Nakamura | ... | Professor Yajima |
| Kimie Tokudaiji | ... | Ito Shimizu |
| Akiko Ono | ... | Yoko |
| Tomohiko Ohtani | ... | Dr. Kusama (as Tomohiko Ôtani) |
| Kôichi Miya | ... | Journalist Akagawa |
| Sakutaro Yamakawa | ... | Fisherman (as Sakutarô Yamakawa) |
| Rei Ishikawa | ... | Old Man with Tatoo |
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Also Known As:
Hell (USA) (original subtitled version)
Jigoku (USA) (DVD title)
Story of the Great 8-Tombed Hell
The Sinners of Hell (International: English title)
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Jigoku (USA) (DVD title)
Story of the Great 8-Tombed Hell
The Sinners of Hell (International: English title)
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101 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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The first movie which used elements of 'gore' as FX.
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Quotes:
Tamura:
So you want to turn me in for manslaughter?
Shiro Shimizu: We're the ones who killed him. We caused it. Let's go together. Please.
Tamura: That might ease your conscience, but I'm not interested. It'd be stupid. He was drunk. He ran into the road. It was basically suicide. Besides, he was just some yakuza scum. He's not worth the best years of our lives.
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Shiro Shimizu: We're the ones who killed him. We caused it. Let's go together. Please.
Tamura: That might ease your conscience, but I'm not interested. It'd be stupid. He was drunk. He ran into the road. It was basically suicide. Besides, he was just some yakuza scum. He's not worth the best years of our lives.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Building the Inferno: Nobuo Nakagawa and the Making of 'Jigoku' (2006) (V)
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Soundtrack:
Comin' through the Rye
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I usually find it positive if I can't categorize a movie and Jigoku surely gets the point from that. It's somewhat bizarre combination of drama, horror, film noir and art house where happy moments are more rare than good movies in Hollywood.
While the hell sequences of Jigoku seem to gather most of the attention I think that the story as a whole is what makes this movie good. It proceeds fluently from disaster to another and while some events lead to unexpected results the script never leaves a viewer with a feeling that the twist was added just for the twist's sake (as is the case with many new movies).
Technically the movie is awesome; good acting, great score (especially the haunting vocals) and beautiful cinematography. From modern perspective some of the hell sequences are way outdated (mainly the demons) while some look brilliant even today (settings like the river bank and some of the gore effects like the guy who gets flayed).
I doubt that Jigoku pleases everyone but if you're into bleak and uncompromising movies this is almost a must see. 8/10