Portrait Of Hell
Portrait Of Hell
Portrait Of Hell
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Country: Japan 1969
Release: USA 2006
Genre: Jidaigeki/Chambara, Drama
Disc Type: DVD 5
Running Time: 95 Minutes
Aspect Ratio: NTSC, 2,35:1 anamorph WS
Audio: Japanese DD
Subtitles: English
Starring: Kinnosuke Nakamura, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yoko Naito
Directed: Shiro Toyoda
Produced: n/a
Extras:
- Cast & Crew Biographies
- Program Notes
- Trailers, Teaser
Publisher: AnimEigo
Regioncode: 1
Product-ID: JCUS204 Availability: In stock |
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Synopsis
Based on a story by world-reknowned author Akutagawa Ryunosuke, ‘Portrait of Hell’ is a vivid depiction of a world where only the powerful were free, and the powerless lived in a earthly Hell.
Almost 1000 years ago, during the Heian era in Japan, Yoshihide, a visionary Korean painter (played by the charismatic Tatsuya Nakadai), clashes with his despotic patron, the Paramount Lord (Kinnosuke Nakamura), insisting on painting only truth, and only what he has himself witnessed – the poverty and suffering that surrounds him.
When Yoshihide finally convinces the Paramount Lord to let him paint a Portrait of Hell, the descent into madness begins for both men… for Yoshihide must see Hell in order to paint it, and his sadistic patron is all too willing to arrange a viewing!
‘Portrait Of Hell’ paints a collage of a world where love cannot exist without Hate… where happiness cannot exist without sorrow… and above all, where Horror and Madness lurk in the recesses of every man’s mind.