is a 1953 film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa

Teinosuke Kinugasa

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. It tells the story of a samurai

Samurai

is the term for the military nobility of pre-industrial Japan. According to translator William Scott Wilson: "In Chinese, the character 侍 was originally a verb meaning to wait upon or accompany a person in the upper ranks of society, and this is also true of the original term in Japanese, saburau...

 (Kazuo Hasegawa

Kazuo Hasegawa

was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in 290 films between 1927 and 1963.-Filmography:Filmography of Kazuo Hasegawa include :* also known as Crossroads, Crossways, Shadows of the Yoshiwara or Slums of Tokyo...

) who tries to marry a woman (Machiko Kyō

Machiko Kyo

is a Japanese actress whose film work occurred primarily during the 1950s. She rose to extraordinary domestic praise in Japan for her work in two of the greatest Japanese films of the 20th century, Akira Kurosawa's Rashōmon and Kenji Mizoguchi's Ugetsu.Machiko trained to be a dancer before...

) he rescues, only to discover that she is already married to someone else. Filmed using Eastmancolor film, Gate of Hell was both Daiei

Kadokawa Pictures

is a Japanese movie studio.-History:One of the most famous studios in Japan and founded in 1942 as , it is best known for having produced the giant monster Gamera film series and the Daimajin Trilogy. It also produced the Zatoichi and Nemuri Kyoshiro film series and the television series Shōnen Jet...

's first color film and the first Japanese color film to be released outside Japan.

Gate of Hell won the Palme d'Or

Palme d'Or

The Palme d'Or is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival and is presented to the director of the best feature film of the official competition. It was introduced in 1955 by the organising committee. From 1939 to 1954, the highest prize was the Grand Prix du Festival International du...

 grand prize award at the 1954 Cannes Film Festival

1954 Cannes Film Festival

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, a 1955 Academy Honorary Award

Academy Honorary Award

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 for "Best Foreign Language Film first released in the United States during 1954", along with the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color, and the 1954 New York Film Critics Circle Award

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

New York Film Critics' Circle Awards are given annually to honor excellence in cinema worldwide by an organization of film reviewers from New York City-based publications. It is considered one of the most important precursors to the Academy Awards....

 for "Best Foreign Language Film". Despite public demand, the film remains unavailable on DVD, along with virtually all of the director's other works.

Cast

• Kazuo Hasegawa
  Kazuo Hasegawa
  was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in 290 films between 1927 and 1963.-Filmography:Filmography of Kazuo Hasegawa include :* also known as Crossroads, Crossways, Shadows of the Yoshiwara or Slums of Tokyo...
  
   - Moritoh Enda
• Machiko Kyō
  Machiko Kyo
  is a Japanese actress whose film work occurred primarily during the 1950s. She rose to extraordinary domestic praise in Japan for her work in two of the greatest Japanese films of the 20th century, Akira Kurosawa's Rashōmon and Kenji Mizoguchi's Ugetsu.Machiko trained to be a dancer before...
  
   - Lady Kesa
• Isao Yamagata
  Isao Yamagata
  Isao Yamagata was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in 64 films between 1951 and 1984.-Selected filmography:, lit...
  
   - Wataru Watanabe
• Yatarō Kurokawa
  Yataro Kurokawa
  was a Japanese film actor.-Filmography:Filmography of Yatarō Kurokawa include 228 films from 1935 to 1971:* Gate of Hell * Akō gishi * Asatarō garasu...
  
   - Shigemori
• Kōtarō Bandō - Rokuroh
• Jun Tazaki - Kogenta
• Koreya Senda - Gen Kiyomori
• Masao Shimizu - Nobuyori
• Tatsuya Ishiguro - Yachuta
• Kenjirō Uemura - Masanaka
• Gen Shimizu - Saburosuke
• Michiko Araki - Mano
• Yoshie Minami - Tone
• Kikue Mōri - Sawa
• Ryōsuke Kagawa - Yasutada

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