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A winner of Academy Awards for best foreign-language film and best costume design, Gate of Hell is a visually sumptuous, psychologically penetrating work from Teinosuke Kinugasa. In the midst of epic, violent intrigue in twelfth-century Japan, an imperial warrior falls for a lady-in-waiting; after he discovers she is married, he becomes frenzied in his attempts to win her love. Kinugasa’s film, an early triumph of color cinematography in Japan, is an unforgettable, tragic story of obsession and unrequited passion.
Original Release
10/31/1953
US Release
12/10/1954
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Kazuo Hasegawa | Moritō Endō / Morito Endô |
| Machiko Kyô | Kesa / Lady Kesa |
| Isao Yamagata | Wataru Watanabe |
| Yataro Kurokawa | Shigemori |
| Kôtarô Bandô | Rokurô / Rokurō |
| Jun Tazaki | Kogenta |
| Koreya Senda | Gen Kiyomori |
| Masao Shimizu | Nobuyori |
| Tatsuya Ishiguro | Yachûta / Yachūta |
| Kenjiro Uemura | Masanaka |
Directors
Writers
Teinosuke Kinugasa, Kan Kikuchi, Masaichi Nagata
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Kazuo Hasegawa | Moritō Endō / Morito Endô |
| Machiko Kyô | Kesa / Lady Kesa |
| Isao Yamagata | Wataru Watanabe |
| Yataro Kurokawa | Shigemori |
| Kôtarô Bandô | Rokurô / Rokurō |
| Jun Tazaki | Kogenta |
| Koreya Senda | Gen Kiyomori |
| Masao Shimizu | Nobuyori |
| Tatsuya Ishiguro | Yachûta / Yachūta |
| Kenjiro Uemura | Masanaka |
| Gen Shimizu | Saburôsuke / Saburōsuke |
| Michiko Araki | Mano |
| Yoshie Minami | Tone |
| Kikue Môri | Sawa |
| Ryôsuke Kagawa | Yasutada |
| Shinobu Araki | Iesada |
| Kunitaro Sawamura | Moritada |
| Kanji Koshiba | Munemori |
| Fujio Harumoto | Kanefusa |
| Taiji Tonoyama | Kakisuke |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Masaichi Nagata | Producer |
Editors
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1955 | Oscar | Won | |
| 1955 | Oscar | Best Costume Design, Color | Won |
