© 2018 Movie Metropolis All rights reserved. He is offered a reward for his bravery, and he asks if he can be married to that woman.

It was as if someone mixed hints of Evil Dead with 80’s slasher films and then poured on the tacky and terrible C.G.I. Cinematography (narrow screen, color) and interior lighting are excellent.

The loyal samurai Moritoh Enda (Kazuo Hasegawa) asks the court lady Kesa (Machiko Kyô) to pose of the lord's sister to create a diversion while the lord's real sister and his father flee in the middle of the people. Based upon a play, it indeed appears rather theatrical to a modern viewer and, to me, seemed more like the sub plot of a Shakespearean play rather than a stand alone tale. After order is restored and the rebellion put down, Morito is granted a boon for his bravery and loyalty.

Kinugasa directed approximately five billion movies (Ed.

“Gate of Hell” would not be mistaken by anyone as avant-garde, but for its treatment of the slippery nature of character and its evocative use of Eastmancolor stock, this historical piece is well worth visiting or revisiting. Isn't it remarkable that this movie is 53 years old, and it still sparkles? Your Ticket Confirmation # is located under the header in your email that reads "Your Ticket Reservation Details". 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. Teinosuke Kinugasa’s landmark color film is a visual feast that has finally been vibrantly restored. Considered lost for a time, not because the negative disappeared but because the magnificent colors captured on early Eastman Kodak stock had faded, Gate of Hell by Teinosuke Kinugasa is a visually sumptuous story that starts too big and ends up with laser-like focus on its core drama. Immediately, we have established weak female characters (as slutty Brenda has already been sliced off the screen after groping one of the younger employees). But not so fast, this is only the end of the first act, The story, based on a play by Kan Kikuchi, is about to take a surprising turn. One word can accurately describe this poorly acted attempt at a clever film—typical. Neither appears to have received much guidance from the Director. He not only succeeds in safeguarding Kesa but is vindicated when the Taira clan swiftly resumes power just a month or two later.

The husband even asks them aloud, and there really isn't a satisfactory explanation.

The rebelling lords are defeated, with their heads placed upon the movie's title "gate of hell", and Morito and other loyal warriors are generously rewarded by the monk. User Ratings Don’t worry, it won’t take long. I saw this film in 1970 or 1971 in New York and have remembered it ever since. Filmed using Eastmancolor, Gate of Hell was Daiei Film 's first color film and the first Japanese color film to be released outside Japan.

In 1159, during an attempted coup, one of the court's ladies in waiting disguises herself as the lord's wife, and a loyal samurai conveys her from the city. Roughly following the script of the French novel 'Princesse of Cleves', it describes the tragedy of being faithful to one's oath.
I mean, his set took place at a Halloween haunted house, the kind that overcharges you to walk through it for maybe five minutes in order to feel some kind of scare. Gate of Hell doesn't do too much to distinguish itself, although it's certainly not a thriller.

Coming Soon. Gate of Hell (地獄門 (Jigokumon) (Japan, 1953) Hey, look, I was able to copy and paste Japanese ideograms! Not  long after the film’s Oscar triumph audiences could no longer appreciate “Gate of Hell” in anything close to its original state.

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Even the eerily sounding demonic hum that accompanied said looming camera angle reflected the vibe resonant of Evil Dead. It's a visually rich movie, but in retrospect rather slight in the canon of Japanese filmmaking.

|, November 22, 2019 Note: He has 104 directing credits in the IMDB) but is known primarily for the experimental avant-garde silent “A Page of Madness” (1926) and this Oscar winning 1953 feature. Each scene is a priceless picture in itself, and the whole thing is a rare pictorial poem. This leads to friction in her family and eventually causes the tragedy of her death. All of whom, of course, are played by the same stunt actors. It’s 1160 and a good man is hard to find. In "Gate of Hell," a rebellion has broken out in Japan. He develops a passion for Kesa. In fact, most of Tim’s victims are women.

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This is surprising, considering the bulk of the material that writer, producer, and actor Tim Bunch was working with.

- always manages to be impressive.

I really like how this sequence ends, but there are some questions left unanswered - annoyingly so.

But the movie soon recovers itself very, very well on the way to its shattering climax. Horror fans can easily guess what happens next…they take the photograph to a priest. Coming Soon. and the Terms and Policies, Check out the exclusive TVGuide.com movie review and see our movie rating for Gate Of Hell My Watchlist Keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your devices.

Supposedly the first Japanese film shown in the US after the war, this film was highly regarded by many critics and won a well-deserved Oscar for costume design. Where do I begin?


Costuming includes the use of colored horse blankets to help the audience separate the good guys who used to be the bad guys from the bad guys posing as good guy who use to be the really bad guys (or was it the other way around?). Morito asks for Kesa's hand in marriage, but Kesa is already married to another lord, whom she loves, and she does not love Morito. In Gate of Hell, a samurai is rewarded for his courage with anything he desires, but what he desires is the wife of another samurai. Sidney Poitier’s 7 Most Memorable Performances, All Harry Potter Movies Ranked Worst to Best by Tomatometer. The beautifully photographed compound of the shogun is, by itself, worth the price of admission. All Critics (9) Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.

To further emphasize the movie’s hints of subtle underlying misogyny, the way that Tim chooses to pursue his victims is sexually overt.

More than anything else, it is the color and photography which makes this production that of a superlative quality. Japanese cinematography has its own early pearls, and this is the huge one of the 1953. Named by Martin Scorsese as one of the ten greatest color achievements in world cinema. |, August 31, 2006

What an accomplishment! Kesa(Machiko Kyo), a handmaiden volunteers for the suicide mission which the rebels fall for. Kinugasa’s film, an early triumph of color cinematography in Japan, is an unforgettable, tragic story of obsession and unrequited passion. It's a visually rich movie, but in retrospect rather slight in the canon of Japanese filmmaking. We want to hear what you have to say but need to verify your email.