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
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.
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)
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