89 mins |
Rated
PG (Low level violence)
Directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa
Starring Machiko Kyō, Kazuo Hasegawa, Isao Yamagata, Yatarō Kurokawa
Playing as part of THE COLOUR OF CINEMA Film Festival playing May 13th - 27th at Academy Cinemas.
A winner of Academy Awards for best foreign-language film and best costume design, GATE OF HELL is a visually sumptuous, psychologically penetrating work from Teinosuke Kinugasa. In the midst of epic, violent intrigue in twelfth-century Japan, an imperial warrior falls for a lady-in-waiting; after he discovers she is married, he becomes frenzied in his attempts to win her love. Kinugasa’s film, an early triumph of color cinematography in Japan, is an unforgettable, tragic story of obsession and unrequited passion.
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Playing as part of THE COLOUR OF CINEMA Film Festival playing May 13th - 27th at Academy Cinemas.
A winner of Academy Awards for best foreign-language film and best costume design, GATE OF HELL is a visually sumptuous, psychologically penetrating work from Teinosuke Kinugasa. In the midst of epic, violent intrigue in twelfth-century Japan, an imperial warrior falls for a lady-in-waiting; after he discovers she is married, he becomes frenzied in his attempts to win her love. Kinugasa’s film, an early triumph of color cinematography in Japan, is an unforgettable, tragic story of obsession and unrequited passion.