

Gate of Hell
1953 · Movie · 1h 26m
DramaHistoryRomance
"The most honored screen import in a decade!"
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.
Ratings
IMDb
7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes
93%
Key crew
- Teinosuke KinugasaDirector
- Yasushi AkutagawaOriginal Music Composer
- Teinosuke KinugasaScreenplay
- Masaichi NagataScreenplay
Cast
- Kazuo HasegawaMoritō Endō
- Machiko KyōLady Kesa
- Isao YamagataWataru Watanabe
- Yataro KurokawaShigemori
- Kōtarō BandōRokurō
- Jun TazakiKogenta
- Koreya SendaGen Kiyomori
- Masao ShimizuNobuyori
- Tatsuya IshiguroYachūta
- Kenjiro UemuraMasanaka
- Gen ShimizuSaburōsuke
- Michiko ArakiMano
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Themes
samuraijealousyhusband wife relationshipbuddhistjidaigekibushido12th century























