Gate of Hell (film)

Infobox Film
name = Jigokumon

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caption = Original Japanese poster
director = Teinosuke Kinugasa
producer = Masaichi Nagata
writer = Teinosuke Kinugasa
starring = Kazuo Hasegawa
Machiko Kyō
music = Yasushi Akutagawa
cinematography = Kôhei Sugiyama
editing = Shigeo Nishida
distributor = Daiei Studios
released = 1953-10-31
runtime = 86 min.
rating =
country = Japan
awards =
language = Japanese
budget =
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amg_id = 1:19290
imdb_id = 0045935

"Gate of Hell" (Japanese: 地獄門, "Jigokumon") is a 1953 film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. It tells the story of a samurai (Kazuo Hasegawa) who tries to marry a woman (Machiko Kyō) he rescues, only to discover that she is already married to someone else. Filmed using Eastmancolor film, "Gate of Hell" was both Daiei's first color film and the first Japanese color film to be released outside Japan.

"Gate of Hell" won the 1954 Palme d'Or grand prize award at the Cannes Film Festival, a 1955 Academy Honorary Award for "Best Foreign Language Film first released in the United States during 1954", and the 1954 New York Film Critics Circle Award for "Best Foreign Language Film".

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title=Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
years=1954
(Honorary Award before creation of official award)
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title=Palme d'Or - Cannes Film Festival
years=1954
before="The Wages of Fear"
after="Marty"