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1953 Japanese Drama

Oldie Movie DVD Digitally Mastered from Archival Prints

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衣笠貞之助《地獄門》

"Jigokumon" (Gate of Hell)

Oscar Academy Awards for Best Foreign Film and Best Costume Design

Starring: 長谷川一夫, 京町子, 山形勳 (Kazuo Hasegawa, Machiko Kyō)

地獄門, Jigokumon (Gate of Hell) is a 1953 film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. It tells the story of a samurai (Kazuo Hasegawa) who tries to marry a woman (Machiko Kyō) he rescues, only to discover that she is already married to someone else. Filmed using Eastmancolor film, Gate of Hell was both Daiei's first color film and the first Japanese color film to be released outside Japan.

Gate of Hell won the Palme d'Or grand prize award at the 1954 Cannes Film Festival,[1] a 1955 Academy Honorary Award for "Best Foreign Language Film first released in the United States during 1954", and the 1954 New York Film Critics Circle Award for "Best Foreign Language Film".

The story started in 1159, during an attempted coup, one of the court's ladies in waiting disguises herself as the lord's wife, and a loyal samurai conveys her from the city. This diversion allows the royal family to escape. After the coup fails, the samurai asks his lord to let him marry the woman as his reward. The lord grants the request and then discovers she is already married to one of the ruling family's lieges. The samurai clings to his desire, importuning her to leave her husband, then challenging the husband to release her. Although the husband stays calm and she stays faithful, the samurai remains intemperate and stubborn, with tragic consequences...

 

Digital Repaired High Quality DVD

Color, Japanese Language, 86 min.

with removable Chinese sub-titles

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