Portrait of Hell

Year: 1969

Runtime: 95 mins

Language: Japanese

Director: Shirō Toyoda

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Set in Japan’s Heian period, the film follows the Korean artist Yoshihide (played by Nakadai) and his powerful Japanese patron, the ruthless daimyo Horikawa (Nakamura). Their relationship deteriorates as Horikawa’s cruelty and arrogance clash with Yoshihide’s artistic vision. The drama adapts Ryūnosuke Akutagawa’s 1918 short story “Hell Screen.”

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