Gate of Hell (Blu-ray)

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Blu-ray Details

  • Rated: Unrated
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 29 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: April 9, 2013
  • Originally Released: 1953
  • Label: Criterion Collection

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Major Awards:

Academy Awards 1954 - Best Costume Design (Color): Not Applicable
Academy Awards 1954 - Best Foreign Language Film: Not Applicable
Cannes 1954 - Palme d'Or: Not Applicable

Entertainment Reviews:

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Total Count: 7

Upright77%

AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 611
GATE OF HELL does have numerous historical virtues, starting with the visual treatment....It was primarily intended to catch the eye.
Sight and Sound
Jan 1, 2013
Rating: 3/4 -- It's a visually rich movie, but in retrospect rather slight in the canon of Japanese filmmaking. Full Review
TV Guide
Sep 1, 2006
More than anything else, it is the color and photography which makes this production that of a superlative quality. Each scene is a priceless picture in itself, and the whole thing is a rare pictorial poem. Full Review
Shin Nichibei/New Japanese American News
Nov 22, 2019
Rating: A -- This visually striking and dramatically compelling Japanese feature won two Oscars: Best Foreign Lnguage Film and Best Costume Design. Full Review
EmanuelLevy.Com
Apr 18, 2012
Rating: 7/10 -- It's 1160 and a good man is hard to find. Full Review
Movie Metropolis
May 22, 2013
The sumptuous, Oscar-winning sets look as vibrant as ever... -- Grade: B+
Entertainment Weekly
Apr 12, 2013
Rating: 3/4 -- a powerful drama that has rightfully taken its place once again among the films that opened Western audiences' eyes to the wonders of Japanese cinema Full Review
Q Network Film Desk
May 13, 2013

Product Description:

A Japanese warrior demands the hand of a married woman as payment for a great service he rendered in time of conflict. The woman, just as strong willed as he, prefers death to dishonor. Academy Awards: Best (Color) Costume Design.

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