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Gate of Hell
Japan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a violent uprising. Moritō falls in love with her, but becomes distraught when he finds out that she is married.
1953 · Directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa · 86 min · Drama · History · Romance · 10 frames
Tagline
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Crew
- Screenplay: Teinosuke Kinugasa, Masaichi Nagata
- Cinematography: Kōhei Sugiyama
- Edited by: Shigeo Nishida
- Music: Yasushi Akutagawa
- Production design: Hiroshi Ozawa
- Produced by: Masaichi Nagata
Cast
- Kazuo Hasegawa as Moritō Endō
- Machiko Kyō as Lady Kesa
- Isao Yamagata as Wataru Watanabe
- Yataro Kurokawa as Shigemori
- Kōtarō Bandō as Rokurō
- Jun Tazaki as Kogenta
- Koreya Senda as Gen Kiyomori
- Masao Shimizu as Nobuyori
- Tatsuya Ishiguro as Yachūta
- Kenjiro Uemura as Masanaka
Production
- Country: Japan
- Language: Japanese
- Studios: Daiei Film
- Themes: samurai, jealousy, husband wife relationship, buddhist, jidaigeki, bushido, 12th century
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