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Gate of Hell

aka: Jigokumon
Japan 1953, 90 minutes
Dir. Teinosuke Kinugasa
In Japanese with English subtitles
Rating: [PG] Low level violence.
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Classics, Drama / Romance

Feat. Machiko Kyo, Kazuo Hasegawa, Isao Yamagata

Aroview: Tragic story of unrequited love set during the Heiji Rebellion in 1159, where a samurai warrior falls in love with a married lady-in-waiting. A visually sumptuous jidaigeki (Japanese period drama) film, and one of the first Japanese films in colour.

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5 stars (Exceptional) Fabulous. Makes you wish there were more of Teinosuke Kinugasa's considerable ouevre still extant. A treasure ~stve

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Gohatto (1999)
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Samurai Saga (1959)

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