Gate of Hell
film Kinugasa [1953]
Also known as: “Jigokumon ”
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history of Daiei Motion Picture Company
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…directed by Mizoguchi Kenji; and Gate of Hell (1953–54), the first Japanese film to use colour, eased the company’s financial difficulties. Despite its transition to wide-screen productions in the 1950s, the Daiei company was forced to declare bankruptcy in December 1971.
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