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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Tatsuya Nakadai
Yoshihide
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Kinnosuke Nakamura
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Yōko Naitō
Yoshika
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Shun Ōide
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Hideyo Amamoto
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Yoshirō Uchida
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Tappei Shimokawa
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Masanobu Ōkubo
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Shirō Toyoda Director · Toshio Yasumi Writer Ryūnosuke Akutagawa Author
United States release November 18, 1969 · Produced in Japan · Original title 地獄変
Production
TOHO
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Japan
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Original title
地獄変
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · September 20, 1969
Theatrical
United States · November 18, 1969
Theatrical
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