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Portrait of Hell (地獄変, Jigokuhen), also titled A Story of Hell and The Hell Screen, is a 1969 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Shirō Toyoda starring Tatsuya Nakadai and Kinnosuke Nakamura. The film is based on the short story Hell Screen by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa.[1][2][3]

Portrait of Hell
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Directed by	Shirō Toyoda
Screenplay by	Toshio Yasumi
Based on	Jigokuhen by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Produced by	Tomoyuki Tanaka
Starring	Kinnosuke Yorozuya Tatsuya Nakadai
Cinematography	Kazuo Yamada
Edited by	Yoshitami Kuroiwa
Music by	Yasushi Akutagawa
Production company	Toho
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	20 September 1969 (1969-09-20) (Japan)[1][2]
Running time	95 minutes[1][2]
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Plot

The story, set in the Heian period, depicts the conflict between Korean painter Yoshihide and his Japanese patron, the cruel and egotistical Lord Horikawa.

Horikawa demands that Yoshihide decorate the walls of his new temple with an image of Buddha, but Yoshihide refuses, insisting that he cannot paint what he does not see. In Horikawa's realm, Yoshihide can see nothing but the suffering of peasants. He creates several gruesome images that appear to have some sort of magical power. (For example, a painting of a man killed by Horikawa's soldiers at the beginning of the film gives off the stench of a rotting corpse.) These all appall Horikawa, and he demands that the paintings be destroyed.

Ultimately, Yoshihide asks that he be allowed to portray hell on a screen for the wall of the temple, and Horikawa agrees. Yoshihide asks for one thing to be in the centre of his painting: a burning carriage with Horikawa in it. Horikawa agrees to this, but to provide a model for the scene, he has Yoshihide's daughter Yoshika chained in the carriage. Yoshihide watches in horror as his daughter is burned alive, before going on to paint his masterpiece.

Before the completed screen is unveiled, Yoshihide hangs himself. When Horikawa looks at the screen, he is horrified to see himself portrayed in hell. The climax of the film is slightly vague, but the audience is led to believe that Horikawa becomes trapped in his own private hell through the power of the portrait.

Cast

• Kinnosuke Nakamura as Horikawa
• Tatsuya Nakadai as Yoshihide
• Tappie Shimokawa
• Yoko Naito as Yoshika
• Shun Oide

Release

Portrait of Hell received a roadshow theatrical release in Japan on 20 September 1969 by Toho, and a general release on 27 September 1969.[1][2] It was first released in the United States with English subtitles on 18 November 1969 and re-issued in April 1972.[1]

References

External links

• Portrait of Hell at IMDb
• Portrait of Hell at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)

На других языках

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- [en] Portrait of Hell

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[ru] Картины ада

«Картины ада» (яп. 地獄変, Jigokuhen; англ. Portrait of Hell) — фильм-драма режиссёра Сиро Тоёды, вышедший на экраны в 1969 году. Экранизация одноимённого рассказа Рюноскэ Акутагавы (в русском переводе — «Муки ада»).

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