Portrait of Hell

1969 · 95 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 403 VOTES · DIR. Shirō Toyoda

Portrait of Hell poster

Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 702 lines

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00:00:15 PORTRAIT OF HELL
00:04:41 I belong to the lord's clan!
00:08:33 and the God of Fire on an imprisoned outlaw.
00:12:44 No!
00:15:40 I'm a painter.
00:18:09 What'll we write in reply?
00:20:08 A concubine, of all things!
00:23:04 It's what?
00:25:27 Light the incense. Be quick about it.
00:30:41 You'd say my concentration of mind created the ghost.
00:33:36 That's the response to your glory.
00:37:28 How I regret it!
00:40:16 Was this man in love with Yoshika?
00:45:33 all kinds of craft and culture to Japan.
00:47:57 Are the jobs of the Koreans finished then?
00:50:18 But Yoshihide, it doesn't make sense.
00:54:22 Unchain me!
01:00:25 Come to hell!
01:05:22 He wasn't a Korean.
01:09:12 The hell of heat.
01:15:16 What a remarkable talent.
01:19:18 But I knew!
01:26:47 l have fulfilled my commitment.
01:30:41 What happened to the picture?

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed702
Dialogue density7.4 lines / min
First line00:00:15
Final line01:30:41

Production Record

DirectorShirō Toyoda
LanguageJapanese
IMDb votes403