Portrait of Hell

Portrait of Hell
DVD cover
Directed byShirō Toyoda
Screenplay byToshio Yasumi
Based onJigokuhen
by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Produced byTomoyuki Tanaka
Starring
CinematographyKazuo Yamada
Edited byYoshitami Kuroiwa
Music byYasushi Akutagawa
Production
company
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • 20 September 1969 (1969-09-20) (Japan)[1][2]
Running time
95 minutes[1][2]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Portrait of Hell (地獄変, Jigokuhen), also titled A Story of Hell and The Hell Screen, is a 1969 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Shirō Toyoda starring Tatsuya Nakadai and Kinnosuke Nakamura. The film is based on the short story Hell Screen by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ a b c Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-1461673743. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c "地獄変 (Jigokuhen)". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. ^ "地獄変 (Jigokuhen)". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 December 2020.