Gate of Hell - Jigokumon (1953) (Criterion Collection)

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A winner of Academy Awards for best foreign-language film and best costume design, Gate of Hell is a visually sumptuous, psychologically penetrating work from Teinosuke Kinugasa (A Page of Madness). In the midst of epic, violent intrigue in twelfth-century Japan, an imperial warrior falls for a lady-in-waiting; even after he discovers she is married, he goes to extreme lengths to win her love. Kinugasa`s film is an unforgettable, tragic story of obsession and unrequited passion that was an early triumph of color cinematography in Japan.