Jigoku (1960)

Original title

地獄

Directed by

Nobuo Nakagawa

Genre

horror film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 41m

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 111 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A theology student goes on the run after he accidentally kills a man. The film then follows him and other characters as they endure graphic depictions of torture in the Buddhist hell.

graphicdisturbingnightmarishrelentlessvisceralbleakspiritualhellish

What happens

Jigoku (地獄; Japanese: [d͡ʑiɡo̞kɯ̟]; "Hell"), also titled The Sinners of Hell, is a 1960 Japanese horror film directed by Nobuo Nakagawa and produced by Shintoho. The film stars Shigeru Amachi, Utako Mitsuya, and Yōichi Numata, and is notable for separating itself from other Japanese horror films of the era such as Kwaidan or Onibaba due to its graphic imagery of torment in Hell. It has gained a cult film status. Shintoho declared bankruptcy in 1961, its last production being Jigoku. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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