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Jigoku

Original title: The Sinners of Hell
1960 · 1 h 41 min
Directed by Nobuo Nakagawa
CrimeDramaHorror

Cast

Shigeru Amachi Utako Mitsuya Yōichi Numata Hiroshi Hayashi Jun Ôtomo Akiko Yamashita

Plot

A student, after a car accident in which a man dies, is dragged to hell, where he and others face the torments of sin, in a vivid vision of Buddhist hell.

Sinekatalog’s take

A lurid and visionary classic of Japanese horror.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 6.7 / 10 (5,134 votes)
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