GATE OF HELL/BD
Title
GATE OF HELL/BD
SKU
5552940
Catalogue No.
CC2247BD
UPC
715515104418
Label
Release Date
Apr 9, 2013
Year Produced
1954
Director
Format
Blu-ray
Packaging
Blu-Ray Case
No. of Discs
1
Weight
0.34
Price
$43 inc. GST
Ships From
Melbourne, AU
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 (A PAGE OF MADNESS). in the midst of epic, violent intrigue in twelfth-century Japan, an imperial warrior falls for a lady-in-waiting; even after he discovers she is married, he goes to extreme lengths to win her love. Kinugasas film is an unforgettable, tragic story of obsession and unrequited passion that was an early triumph of color cinematography in Japan.
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 (A PAGE OF MADNESS). in the midst of epic, violent intrigue in twelfth-century Japan, an imperial warrior falls for a lady-in-waiting; even after he discovers she is married, he goes to extreme lengths to win her love. Kinugasa's film is an unforgettable, tragic story of obsession and unrequited passion that was an early triumph of color cinematography in Japan.