Jigoku Hell / Shintoho Company, Ltd. ; a Mitsugu Okura production ; original concept by Sosuke Kasane ; screenplay by Nobuo Nakagawa and Ichiro Miyagawa ; directed by Nobuo Nakagawa. [videorecording] /
Hell Also known as: Sinners of hell
Shin Tåohåo Kabushiki Kaisha ; såoshiki åOkura Mitsugi ; kikaku Kasane Såosuke ; kyakuhon Nakagawa Nobuo, Miyagawa Ichiråo ; kantoku Nakagawa Nobuo =
- Widescreen.
- [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, c2006.
- 1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (unp. : col. ill. ; 18 cm.)
- Criterion collection ; 352 .
- Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 352. .
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1960. Booklet includes an essay by Asian cinema critic Chuck Stephens. Special features: "Building the inferno : Nobuo Nakagawa and the making of 'Jigoku'" (documentary film, 2006, 39 min.); original theatrical trailer; Nobuo Nakagawa poster gallery; Shintoho Studios poster gallery.
After a young theology student flees a hit-and-run accident, he is plagued by both his own guilt-ridden conscience and a mysterious, diabolical doppelgèanger. But all possible escape routes lead straight to hell... literally.
DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation, ehanced for (16:9) televisions; Dolby digital mono.
In Japanese with optional English subtitles.
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CC1651D Criterion Collection
Hell--Drama. Guilt--Drama. Conscience--Drama. Cine Japonés (inglés)