Gokumontō (1949)

- Original title
- 獄門島
- Directed by
- Sadatsugu Matsuda
- Genre
- mystery, horror
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Rating
- 10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This is a Japanese mystery film from 1949. A detective travels to a remote island to investigate a series of strange deaths in a family. The story unfolds in a tense and atmospheric way.
mysterioustenseatmosphericbroodingenigmaticunsettlingslow-burnclassic
What happens
『獄門島』(ごくもんじま)は、1949年(昭和24年)に製作・同年11月20日公開された日本映画。片岡千恵蔵版金田一耕助シリーズの第2作。前後編の前編に当たり、後編は『獄門島 解明篇』。前後編を102分にまとめた『獄門島 総集篇』は1950年に公開。東横映画製作、東京映画配給配給。 「獄門島」の読みは「ごくもんとう」ではなく「ごくもんじま」、「分鬼頭」の読みは「わけきとう」ではなく「ぶんきとう」になっている。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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