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| Jigokumon | |
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 Original Japanese poster |
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| Directed by | Teinosuke Kinugasa |
| Produced by | Masaichi Nagata |
| Written by | Teinosuke Kinugasa |
| Starring | Kazuo Hasegawa Machiko Kyō |
| Music by | Yasushi Akutagawa |
| Cinematography | Kôhei Sugiyama |
| Editing by | Shigeo Nishida |
| Distributed by | Daiei Studios |
| Release date(s) | 1953-10-31 |
| Running time | 86 min. |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| IMDb • Allmovie | |
Gate of Hell (Japanese: 地獄門, Jigokumon) is a 1953 film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. It tells the story of a samurai (Kazuo Hasegawa) who tries to marry a woman (Machiko Kyō) he rescues, only to discover that she is already married to someone else. Filmed using Eastmancolor film, Gate of Hell was both Daiei's first color film and the first Japanese color film to be released outside Japan.
Gate of Hell won the 1954 Palme d'Or grand prize award at the Cannes Film Festival, a 1955 Academy Honorary Award for "Best Foreign Language Film first released in the United States during 1954", and the 1954 New York Film Critics Circle Award for "Best Foreign Language Film".
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| Awards | ||
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| Preceded by Forbidden Games |
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film 1954 (Honorary Award before creation of official award) |
Succeeded by Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto |
| Preceded by The Wages of Fear |
Palme d'Or - Cannes Film Festival 1954 |
Succeeded by Marty |
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