1969
8.1 (10 votes)
1h 35m
Genres
Drama
Horror
Production Companies
TOHO
Portrait of Hell (地獄変)
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Writer: Toshio Yasumi
Director: Shirō Toyoda
Producer: Tomoyuki Tanaka
Director of Photography: Kazuo Yamada
