Rent Portrait of Hell (1969)
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1h 36min
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- Synopsis:
Tatsuya Nakadai portrays the egocentric artist Yoshihide... a Korean painter so obsessed with the artistic truth of what he creates that he claims to be unable to depict any sort of falsehood. So intense is the truth of his art that his works begin to take on a life of their own. His patron is the megalomanic Japanese daimyo, Hosokawa, a dan¬gerously deranged tyrant, who believes in his own divin¬ity and benevolence, regardless of the state of ruin and misery to which he is reducing his land and its people. The tension of their relations is augmented when Hosokawa requests a portrait of Heaven to adorn his temple walls, whilst Yoshihide claims that his experience as a subject of Hosokawa will only allow him to portray Hell. - Actors:
- Tatsuya Nakadai, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Yôko Naitô, Shun Oide
- Directors:
- Shirô Toyoda
- Aka:
- Jigokuhen
- Studio:
- Shadow Warrior
- Genres:
- Drama
- Countries:
- Japan
