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

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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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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