Jigoku

1960
13+
1h 41m

IMDb RATING

6.8/10

4.6K

YOUR RATING

Crime Drama Horror

A group of sinners involved in interconnected tales of murder, revenge, deceit and adultery all meet at the Gates of Hell.A group of sinners involved in interconnected tales of murder, revenge, deceit and adultery all meet at the Gates of Hell.A group of sinners involved in interconnected tales of murder, revenge, deceit and adultery all meet at the Gates of Hell.

Director
- Nobuo Nakagawa
Writers
- Nobuo Nakagawa
- Ichirô Miyagawa
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.8/10

4.6K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
The film's production company was going out of business while the film was being completed, leading to budget-saving tactics such as the actors helping dig their own holes in the movie's set for Hell. Critics kidded that this film killed the Shintoho Studio.

Goofs
While Shiro is on the rope bridge, we see him at various times hanging on to the side handrails. Between shots, without him having changed position, these handrails quite noticeably change in diameter from thin cables to a much thicker cable, indicating that some shots were filmed on a real bridge, others were filmed on a studio mock-up.

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.

Connections
Featured in Building the Inferno: Nobuo Nakagawa and the Making of 'Jigoku' (2006)

Soundtracks
Comin' through the Rye
(uncredited)
Music: traditional
Japanese lyrics: unknown

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LOUD and CLEAR

I read about this movie when I was a kid. Never thought that much about it since I would probably never see it. Recently rented it off Netflix and WOW! Nakagawa's message comes through loud and clear across 46 years and the even wider cultural gap between US and Japan. Unusual stylization (truly hope to see this on a theater screen someday) is incredibly effective as a purely aesthetic experience (meaning you could turn off the subtitles and still be enthralled by the visuals and the music) AND as an elegy for the Japanese traditions of beauty and honor. You can read the various summaries in other posts. Suffice it to say this movie qualifies as a masterpiece if you don't go into it with "horror movie" expectations. See it!

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