Portrait of Hell

Directed by Shirō Toyoda

Written by Toshio Yasumi, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

The story, set in the Heian era, depicts the conflict between Korean painter Yoshihide (Nakadai) and his Japanese patron, the cruel and egotistical daimyo Horikawa (Nakamura). It is based on the 1918 short story Hell Screen by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa.

Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai

Yoshihide

Kinnosuke Nakamura

Lord Hosokawa

Yōko Naitō

Yoshika

Shun Ōide

Hideyo Amamoto

Yoshirō Uchida

Tappei Shimokawa

Haruo Suzuki

Masanobu Ōkubo