Portrait of Hell
MovieTitle | 地獄変 |
User score | 8.1 |
Release date | Nov 18, 1969 |
Genre | Drama, Horror |
Director | Shirō Toyoda |
Production country | Japan |
Production companies | TOHO |
Run time | 95 min. |
The story, set in the Heian era, depicts the conflict between Korean painter Yoshihide (Nakadai) and his Japanese patron, the cruel and egotistical daimyo Horikawa (Nakamura). It is based on the 1918 short story Hell Screen by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa.