| Lady from Hell | |
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| Directed by | Motoyoshi Oda |
| Screenplay by | Akira Kurosawa[1] Motosada Nishiki[2] |
| Produced by | Tomoyuki Tanaka[2] Keiji Matsuzaki |
| Starring | Michiyo Kogure Eitaro Ozawa Takashi Shimura |
| Cinematography | Shunichiro Nakao[2] |
| Music by | Ryōichi Hattori[2] |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Toho |
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Running time | 72 minutes[2] |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Lady from Hell (Japanese: 地獄の貴婦人, Hepburn: Jigoku no Kifujin) is a 1949 Japanese action drama film directed by Motoyoshi Oda and co-written by Akira Kurosawa, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. The film has been called a "protest movie" which "portrayed a cornucopia of corruption and indicted every known example of postwar exploitation: black-marketeering, crooked politicians, blackmailing journalists, and a decaying aristocracy."[3] Lady of Hell is regarded as one of Oda's most celebrated films.[4]
- ^ Anderson, Joseph L.; Richie, Donald (2018). The Japanese Film: Art and Industry. Princeton University Press. p. 187. ISBN 978-0-691-18746-4. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f Galbraith IV 2008, p. 70.
- ^ Chapman, William (1991). Inventing Japan: The Making of a Postwar Civilization. Prentice Hall Press. p. 55. ISBN 0-13-942921-2. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ Ryfle 1998, p. 62.