Oct 30, 1953
86 min
Full-HD

Gate of Hell (1953)

Japan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a violent uprising. Moritō falls in love with her, but becomes distraught when he finds out that she is married.

Category

Drama History Romance

Country

Japan

Companies

Daiei Film

Kazuo Hasegawa

Moritō Endō

Machiko Kyō

Lady Kesa

Isao Yamagata

Wataru Watanabe

Yataro Kurokawa

Shigemori

Kōtarō Bandō

Rokurō

Jun Tazaki

Kogenta

Koreya Senda

Gen Kiyomori

Masao Shimizu

Nobuyori

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