Jigoku
-Nobuo Nakagawa / JP, 1960 / 100 min.
Theology student Shiro is haunted by feelings of guilt after a fatal car accident. It is the prelude to a series of unsettling and horrifying events that eventually bring him to the brink of hell, where sinners are weighed and tortured and absolution seems impossible. Eye also screens three other films by Nobuo Nakagawa.
With introduction (in English) by Tom Mes (Leiden University).
Details
Director
-Nobuo Nakagawa
Production year
1960
Country
JP
Original title
Jigoku
Length
100 min.
Language
Japanese
Subtitles
ENG
Format
35mm
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