Gate of Hell (1953)
Gate of Hell is a 1953 Japanese 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 Film's first color film and the first Japanese color film to be released outside Japan.
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