Gate of Hell
The most honored screen import in a decade!
Genres
Overview
Japan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a violent uprising. Moritō falls in love with her, but becomes distraught when he finds out that she is married.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
86 min
Release Date
1953-10-30
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
90
Vote Average
7.1
Kazuo Hasegawa
Moritō Endō
Machiko Kyō
Lady Kesa
Isao Yamagata
Wataru Watanabe
Yataro Kurokawa
Shigemori
Kōtarō Bandō
Rokurō
Jun Tazaki
Kogenta
Koreya Senda
Gen Kiyomori
Masao Shimizu
Nobuyori
Tatsuya Ishiguro
Yachūta
Kenjiro Uemura
Masanaka
Gen Shimizu
Saburōsuke
Michiko Araki
Mano
Yoshie Minami
Tone
Kikue Mōri
Sawa
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Yasutada
Shinobu Araki
Iesada
Kunitaro Sawamura
Moritada
Kanji Koshiba
Munemori
Fujio Harumoto
Kanefusa
Taiji Tonoyama
Kakisuke
Hiroshi Mizuno
Otoami
Shōzō Nanbu
Sadafusa
Shintarō Nanjō
Tanenari
Toshiaki Konoe
Masazumi
Ryūzaburō Mitsuoka
Sadachika
Seishirō Hara
Mitsusada
Saburo Date
Tomoyuki
Yukio Horikita
Heita
Takaji Fukui
Naganobu
Fumihiko Yokoyama
Giheiji
Akira Shimizu
Yoshiharu
Tōgo Ōnami
Tadatsuna
Ikkei Tamaki
Nariie
Masayoshi Kikuno
Yoshitomo
Jun Fujikawa
Tsunetsugu
Tadashi Iwata
Takahira
Kiyoshi Takikawa
Tomomori
Toshio Chiba
Michizane
Tokio Oki
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Eiichi Kusumoto
Koreaki
Eigorō Onoe
Kunitsune
Hajime Koshikawa
Cowboy
Hachiro Okuni
Low-Rank Man
Hiroshi Ueda
Oil Salesman
Tominosuke Hayama
Peddler
Sumao Ishihara
Pot Salesman
Omenosuke Ichikawa
Priest
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