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.
Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Yōko Naitō, Shun Ōide, Hideyo Amamoto, Yoshirō Uchida
Crew: Shirō Toyoda (Director), Toshio Yasumi (Writer), Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (Novel), Kazuo Yamada (Director of Photography), Yasushi Akutagawa (Original Music Composer), Tomoyuki Tanaka (Producer)
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Studio: TOHO
Runtime: 95 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Nov 18, 1969
IMDb: 2.9
Keywords:heian period
