Portrait of Hell
Original title: 地獄変
7.9(12)19691h 35mJA
Directed by Shirō Toyoda
The story, set in the Heian era, depicts the conflict between Korean painter Yoshihide (Nakadai) and his Japanese patron, the cruel and egotistical daimyo Horikawa (Nakamura). It is based on the 1918 short story Hell Screen by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa.
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heian period
