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Jigoku

1960 · 99 min

A slow descent into guilt and surreal torment, mixing moral drama with vivid, nightmarish imagery of the afterlife.

Overview
A group of sinners involved in interconnected tales of murder, revenge, deceit and adultery all meet at the Gates of Hell.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • guilt
  • death
  • morality
  • betrayal
  • redemption
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror8
Humour1
Realism4
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
horror, drama
Directed by
Nobuo Nakagawa
Written by
Nobuo Nakagawa, Ichirō Miyagawa
Starring
Shigeru Amachi, Utako Mitsuya, Yōichi Numata, Hiroshi Hayashi, Kanjūrō Arashi, Jun Ōtomo, Akiko Yamashita, Kiyoko Tsuji
Music
Chumei Watanabe
Cinematography
Mamoru Morita
Runtime
99 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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