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Portrait of Hell
First aired on Nov 18, 1969
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Genres: Drama, Horror

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
Kinnosuke Nakamura | Lord Hosokawa
Yōko Naitō | Yoshika
Shun Ōide |
Hideyo Amamoto |
Yoshirō Uchida |
Featured Crew
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Shirō Toyoda | Director
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Ryūnosuke Akutagawa | Novel
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Toshio Yasumi | Writer
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Kazuo Yamada | Director of Photography
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Yasushi Akutagawa | Original Music Composer
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Tomoyuki Tanaka | Producer