Gate of Hell (1953)

Drama
History
Romance

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.

Cast

Moritō Endō
Kazuo Hasegawa
Lady Kesa
Machiko Kyō
Saburōsuke
Gen Shimizu
Mano
Michiko Araki
Tone
Yoshie Minami
Sawa
K Kikue Mōri
Yasutada
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Iesada
S Shinobu Araki
Moritada
Kunitaro Sawamura
Munemori
K Kanji Koshiba
Kanefusa
Fujio Harumoto
Kakisuke
Taiji Tonoyama
Wataru Watanabe
Isao Yamagata
Otoami
H Hiroshi Mizuno
Sadafusa
Shōzō Nanbu
Tanenari
Shintarō Nanjō
Masazumi
Toshiaki Konoe
Sadachika
Ryūzaburō Mitsuoka
Mitsusada
S Seishirō Hara
Tomoyuki
Saburo Date
Heita
Yukio Horikita
Naganobu
T Takaji Fukui
Giheiji
F Fumihiko Yokoyama
Shigemori
Yataro Kurokawa
Yoshiharu
A Akira Shimizu
Tadatsuna
T Tōgo Ōnami
Nariie
I Ikkei Tamaki
Yoshitomo
M Masayoshi Kikuno
Tsunetsugu
J Jun Fujikawa
Takahira
T Tadashi Iwata
Tomomori
K Kiyoshi Takikawa
Michizane
T Toshio Chiba
Tadamitsu
Tokio Oki
Koreaki
E Eiichi Kusumoto
Rokurō
Kōtarō Bandō
Kunitsune
Eigorō Onoe
Cowboy
H Hajime Koshikawa
Low-Rank Man
H Hachiro Okuni
Oil Salesman
H Hiroshi Ueda
Peddler
T Tominosuke Hayama
Pot Salesman
S Sumao Ishihara
Priest
O Omenosuke Ichikawa
Kogenta
Jun Tazaki
Gen Kiyomori
Koreya Senda
Nobuyori
Masao Shimizu
Yachūta
Tatsuya Ishiguro
Masanaka
Kenjiro Uemura

Crew

Director
Teinosuke Kinugasa
Theatre Play
K Kan Kikuchi
Producer
Masaichi Nagata
Original Music Composer
Yasushi Akutagawa
Director of Photography
K Kōhei Sugiyama
Editor
S Shigeo Nishida
Production Design
H Hiroshi Ozawa
Art Direction
K Kisaku Ito
Set Decoration
K Kosaburō Nakajima
Costume Design
S Shima Yoshizane
Hairstylist
R Ritsu Hanai
Makeup Artist
T Toshikazu Noguchi
Production Manager
T Tomeo Adachi
Sound
S Sakae Nagaoka
Sound Designer
Y Yukio Kaihara
Screenplay
Masaichi Nagata
Screenplay
Teinosuke Kinugasa
Costume Design
S Sanzo Wada