Film

Gate of Hell

1953 · 1h 26m · Drama · History · Romance

The most honored screen import in a decade!

IMDb

7.1

Rotten Tomatoes

93%

Japan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a violent uprising. Moritō falls in love with her, but becomes distraught when he finds out that she is married.

Kazuo Hasegawa

Moritō Endō

Machiko Kyō

Lady Kesa

Isao Yamagata

Wataru Watanabe

Yataro Kurokawa

Shigemori

Kōtarō Bandō

Rokurō

Jun Tazaki

Kogenta

Koreya Senda

Gen Kiyomori

Masao Shimizu

Nobuyori

Tatsuya Ishiguro

Yachūta

Kenjiro Uemura

Masanaka

Gen Shimizu

Saburōsuke

Michiko Araki

Mano

Yoshie Minami

Tone

Kikue Mōri

Sawa

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Yasutada

Shinobu Araki

Iesada

• Teinosuke KinugasaDirector · Screenplay
• Masaichi NagataProducer · Screenplay
• Kōhei SugiyamaDirector of Photography
• Yasushi AkutagawaOriginal Music Composer
• Shigeo NishidaEditor

Trailer

Release date

October 30, 1953

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 26m

Genres

Drama, History, Romance

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