Jigoku

Daisuke Itō, 1957

Spine #352

Picked by 2 guests

Drama

Criterion TMDB

Directed by Daisuke Itō

Written by Daisuke Itō

Cinematography Yoshihisa Nakagawa

Edited by Mitsuzō Miyata

Cast Koji Tsuruta, Machiko Kyō, Eijirō Yanagi, So Yamamura, Ryōsuke Kagawa, Kazuko Ichikawa, Satoko Minami, Yoichi Funaki

Picked by

Gaspar Noe director

“Oh, this one. One of the most visual Japanese movies ever. I already have the DVD but it's more colorful and crazier than any Dario Argento movie or any Mario Bava movie. There's one masterpiece in Japanese horror cinema from the '60s, this is the one.”

Gaspar Noe

Hideo Kojima cinematographer

“[Translated] Yes, Nobuo Nakagawa's Jigoku. There's a movie called Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan, an Oiwa-san movie. I saw it as a child and it traumatized me. When I saw it as an adult, it was a very artistic film. I became a fan of Nakagawa and Jigoku is about hell. The imagery is quite surreal, so I'd like you to see it.”

Hideo Kojima