Portrait of Hell (1969)
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.
Cast
Tatsuya Nakadai
Yoshihide
Kinnosuke Nakamura
Lord Hosokawa
Yōko Naitō
Yoshika
Shun Ōide
Hideyo Amamoto
Yoshirō Uchida
Tappei Shimokawa
Haruo Suzuki
Masanobu Ōkubo
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