地獄変 (1969)

Name: 地獄変
Genre: Drama, Terror
Released: 1969-09-20
Duration: 1 h 35 min
Rating: 7.9
Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, 萬屋錦之介, 内藤洋子, 大出俊, 天本英世

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.