Hell gate

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Hell gate (also known as Gate of Jigoku) is a 1953 daiei film, Directed by Kinugasa Sadanosuke.

## Plot

During the Heiji dynasty, which was aimed at leaving Taira no Kiyomori 's visit to Itsukushima , Hirayasu Tadashi made a change and deceived the enemy to save the Emperor and his younger sister, Kamishimon-in Temple from the burned Imperial Palace. .. Warrior Endo, who takes over the car of the sword who has been the substitute for Kamishimon-in Temple, scoffs at the enemy and delivers her to his brother, Satoru's house, but is fascinated by the beauty of the sword. The head of the Kiyomori faction was displayed at the Sanmon Jigokumon gate of the Hosoji Temple, and Shengyuan broke through the heavy siege and rushed to Itsukushima. Thus, Taira, who entered the capital, broke Genji all at once and the turbulence was healed. Morien, who reunited with Kasane, was even more fascinated, and when Kiyomori was told to give him the "desired award" in honor of the Demonstration Performance Award, he begged Kasagi to the throne but she was already the wife of Watanabe Watari. .. However, Morien, who suffers from the anguish that cannot forget her, wins over Watari with Kamo's racehorse, and at that moment he fought for Watari seriously at the feast and without knowing the place, buying Kiyomori's dissatisfaction. Losing self-control and finally mad, Souen threatens the aunt and his aunt Sawa with his sword. Knowing that he would not have the life of Watanabe, he disguised himself as "kill her husband, Watanabe," and himself replaced himself and died of his death. After a few days, is Moritoo was wearing a priest's garb round the head, go out on a journey of suffering away from the capital  .

## Cast

* Morien : Kazuo Hasegawa
* Dress: Kyoko Machiko
* Watanabe Wataru: Isao Yamagata
* Shigemori : Yataro Kurokawa
* Rokuro: Kotaro Bando
* Kogenta: Jun Tasaki (New Toho)
* Kiyomori : Koya Senda (Actor)
* Trust : Masao Shimizu (Folk art)
* Ya Nakata: Tatsuya Ishiguro (First Cooperative)
* Masanaka: Kenjiro Uemura (1st Kyodan )
* Saburosuke: Gen Shimizu (1st Kyodan )
* Mano: Michiko Araki (Literature Theater)
* Tone: Minami Minami (Literature Theater)
* Sawa: Kikue Mouri
* Kotada : Ryosuke Kagawa
* Vassal : Shinobu Araki
* Moritada: Kunitaro Sawamura
* Somori : Mikiharu Koshiba
* Kanbo: Fujio Harumoto
* Kakisuke: Taiji Tonoyama
* Otoami: Hiro Mizuno
* Shubo: Shozo Nanbu
* Tsunari: Shintaro Nanjo
* Masumi: Toshiaki Konoe
* Parents: Ryusaburo Mitsuoka
* Kunitsune: Eigoro Onoue
* Oil seller: Hiroshi Ueda
* Mitsusada: Seishiro Hara
* Vase selling: Sumao Ishihara
* Tomoyuki: Saburo Date
* Company monk: Ginosuke Ichikawa
* Merchandise: Tomiyuki Hayama
* Heita: Yukio Horikita
* Naganobu: Ryuji Fukui
* Yoshihira: Fumihiko Yokoyama
* Yoshiharu: Akira Shimizu
* Naruse: Kazue Tamaki
* Shitomo : Masayo Kikuno
* Succession: Jun Fujikawa
* Takahira: Tadashi Iwata
* Chimori : Kiyoshi Takigawa
* Common facts: Toshio Chiba
* Tadamitsu: Tokio Oki
* Eiken: Eiichi Kusumoto
* Cattleman: Koshikawa Hajime
* Dwarf: Hachiro Oguni

## Staff

* Director/Screenplay: Sadanosuke Kinugasa
* Production: Masakazu Nagata
* Original work: Hiroshi Kikuchi "Goodman of the ghost"
* Photo: Kohei Sugiyama
* Recording: Yukio Umihara
* Lighting: Shono Kato
* Development: Toyo Developer
* Art Director: Saku Ito
* Color instruction: Sanzo Wada
* Technical Director: Michio Akikawa
* Music Director: Yasushi Akutagawa
* Performance: Kansai Symphony Orchestra
* Edit: Shigeo Nishida
* Costume Preparation: Matsuzakaya
* Assistant Director: Kenji Misumi

## Titles

* Gate of Hell (english title)
* Hell Gate (Japanese title)

## DVD

In the United Kingdom, Gate of Hell was released in 2012 on Blu-ray Disc and DVD as part of the Masters of Cinema line; the next year The Criterion Collection released it in the United States.

## Release

the film was released by daiei in 1953 on October 31.