by Kinugasa, Teinosuke; Kikuchi, Kan; Nagata, Masaichi; Sugiyama, Kōhei; Itō, Kisaku; Akutagawa, Yasushi; Kaibara, Yukio; Katō, Shōnojō; Shigeo, Nishida; Misumi, Kenji; Midorikawa, Michio; Hasegawa, Kazuo; Kyō, Machiko; Yamagata, Isao; Kurokawa, Yataro; Bandō, Kōtarō; Tasaki, Jun; Senda, Koreya; Shimizu, Masao; Ishiguro, Tatsuya; Uemura, Kenjirō; Shimizu, Gen; Araki, Michiko; Minami, Yoshie; Mōri, Kikue; Kagawa, Ryōsuke
Projected medium / 1953

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TitleJigokumon Gate of hell
Item typeProjected medium
Alternate titleGate of hell
Author(s)
  • Kinugasa, Teinosuke
  • Kikuchi, Kan
  • Nagata, Masaichi
  • Sugiyama, Kōhei
  • Itō, Kisaku
  • Akutagawa, Yasushi
  • Kaibara, Yukio
  • Katō, Shōnojō
  • Shigeo, Nishida
  • Misumi, Kenji
  • Midorikawa, Michio
  • Hasegawa, Kazuo
  • Kyō, Machiko
  • Yamagata, Isao
  • Kurokawa, Yataro
  • Bandō, Kōtarō
  • Tasaki, Jun
  • Senda, Koreya
  • Shimizu, Masao
  • Ishiguro, Tatsuya
  • Uemura, Kenjirō
  • Shimizu, Gen
  • Araki, Michiko
  • Minami, Yoshie
  • Mōri, Kikue
  • Kagawa, Ryōsuke
ImprintJapan Daiei (Kyōto), 1953
LanguageJapanese
URLLink to original record
Notes
  • Release date: 10/31/1953.
  • Akiko Mikumo comments that "Kinugasa Teinosuke's 94th film, the first Japanese experiment with Eastmancolor, won the 1954 Grand Prix at Cannes and an Oscar for Best Costume Design the same year. It ran for 47 weeks in New York's Guild Theatre, a record at the time for a foreign film, and was acclaimed outside Japan for its formalistic Kabuki style of acting, exotic ritualistic richness, and color subtleties. In Japan, the film was regarded as one of Kinugasa's failures, largely because of the ordinary quality of its period style. Nevertheless, the film is an outstanding example of the period-style genre because of the great acting of Hasegawa Kazuo and the panoramic photography of Sugiyama Kōhei, both veterans of this form."
  • Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CBPF.
  • Director of photography, Sugiyama Kōhei ; art director, Itō Kisaku ; music composer, Akutagawa Yasushi ; sound, Kaibara Yukio ; lighting, Katō Shōnojō ; film editor, Shigeo Nishida ; assistant director, Misumi Kenji ; technical consultant, Midorikawa Michio.
Physical description5 reels of 5 (88 min.) : opt sd., Eastmancolor ; 35 mm. print.

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Date text: 
1953
Author: 
Kinugasa, TeinosukeKikuchi, KanNagata, MasaichiSugiyama, KōheiItō, KisakuAkutagawa, YasushiKaibara, YukioKatō, ShōnojōShigeo, NishidaMisumi, KenjiMidorikawa, MichioHasegawa, KazuoKyō, MachikoYamagata, IsaoKurokawa, YataroBandō, KōtarōTasaki, JunSenda, KoreyaShimizu, MasaoIshiguro, TatsuyaUemura, KenjirōShimizu, GenAraki, MichikoMinami, YoshieMōri, KikueKagawa, Ryōsuke
Publisher: 
Daiei (Kyōto)
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Millenium MARC Record: 
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