Lady from Hell (1949)

Original title

地獄の貴婦人

Directed by

Motoyoshi Oda

Genre

drama

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 12m

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A film that exposes the corruption and exploitation in postwar Japan. It follows the people involved in black markets, crooked politics, blackmail journalism, and a decaying upper class.

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What happens

Lady from Hell (Japanese: 地獄の貴婦人, Hepburn: Jigoku no Kifujin) is a 1949 Japanese action drama film directed by Motoyoshi Oda and co-written by Akira Kurosawa, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. The film has been called a "protest movie" which "portrayed a cornucopia of corruption and indicted every known example of postwar exploitation: black-marketeering, crooked politicians, blackmailing journalists, and a decaying aristocracy." Lady of Hell is regarded as one of Oda's most celebrated films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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