Jigoku

[Machine Translation] People must die someday. In Buddhism, it is said that those who commit evil deeds in this life will fall into hell. If you turn the wheel and stop, you will go to paradise. If you turn the wheel and stop, you will go to paradise; if you turn it back the other way, you will go to hell. Aki, a beautiful girl who is enchanted by the stupa, learns the secret of her cursed birth and sees her mother languishing in hell for the crime of adultery. Aki also fell in love with her half-brother. Tatsumi Kamishiro, the genius behind "Seishun no Satetsu" and "Yotamihanshuma no Urabari" (Seishun no Satetsu: Satellites), has created a beautiful and spectacular picture scroll of hell by depicting the most sinful form of love, "incest," endless human deeds and delusion, and deep-seated female emotions in this problematic work. The script was written by Tanaka Yozo, the talented director of "Tamawari Hitoyuki" and "Ooku Ukiyoburo," and special effects director Yajima Nobuo, who worked on "Message from Outer Space" and numerous other films, was in charge of the special effects photography of the great hell of the abyss. Mieko Harada takes on a dual role for the first time, playing a mother and her daughter in a double life. New print component master. First DVD release.

Special Feature / Bonus Track: photo gallery, trailer(s) (subject to change)

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人はいつか死なねばならない。仏教では、現世で悪行を犯した者は地獄に堕ちるといわれている。「金輪を回し、止まれば極楽。逆に戻れば地獄に堕ちる。」といわれる笠卒塔婆に魅入られた美しい娘アキは、呪われた出生の秘密を知り、姦通罪によって地獄でのたうつ母をみる。そしてアキも、腹違いの兄を愛してしまっていたのだった―。最も罪深い愛のかたち"近親相姦"、果てしなき人間の業と妄執、根深い女の情念の極致を、「青春の蹉跌」「四畳半襖の裏張り」の鬼才・神代辰巳が、美しくも壮絶な地獄絵巻として映像化した問題作。「玉割り人ゆき」「大奥浮世風呂」の異能・田中陽造が脚本を務め、阿鼻叫喚の大地獄の特殊撮影を「宇宙からのメッセージ」ほか数々の作品で特撮監督を務めた矢島信男が担当している。また原田美枝子が初の二役に挑戦し、母娘二代にわたる宿業を演じきっている。ニュープリント・コンポーネントマスター。初DVD化。

フォトギャラリー、予告編 (予定)