Portrait of Hell

Name: Portrait of Hell
Director: Shirō Toyoda
Released: 1969
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Hideyo Amamoto, Tadao Futami, Masao Imafuku, Mitsuyo Inomata, Kinji Matsueda

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

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

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

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.

00:12:45 I expel you!

00:15:41 Does painting ease your pain?

00:18:15 That's unreasonable... We'll conquer both of them.

00:20:17 The lord is a man of fortune and power.

00:23:11 A dead old man bleeding under cherry blossoms

00:25:46 A lie!

00:31:03 Portray Buddha.

00:33:59 My lord. Is that what you really think of me?

00:37:51 She'll be raped.

00:40:48 The man's last words were addressed to my daughter.

00:46:00 That's the point. Naturalised people like us are poor.

00:48:26 Follow me, Yoshihide.

00:50:56 Hell is everywhere. In town... in the countyside...

00:55:11 A snake!

01:02:46 Damned monkey!

01:06:00 Oh no!

01:10:09 dozens of ominous hell birds are flying

01:16:06 Lift the blind so Yoshihide will see who's inside

01:21:16 Hiromi!

01:28:23 I delivered the portrait of hell to the lord's mansion.

01:34:51 THE END

Cast & Characters

Hideyo Amamoto Tadao Futami Masao Imafuku Mitsuyo Inomata Kinji Matsueda Yôko Naitô Yoshika Tatsuya Nakadai Yoshihide Kichijûrô Nakamura Kinnosuke Nakamura Lord Hosokawa Yasuzô Ogawa

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed702

Dialogue density7.4 lines / min

First line00:00:15

Final line01:34:51

Production Record

DirectorShirō Toyoda

LanguageJapanese

IMDb votes403