UID:
kobvindex_ZLB14034816
Format:
1 DVD (ca. 101 Min.)
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Tonformat: DD/1.0 Mono
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1 Beih. (8 Bl.)
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Bildformat: 2.35:1, 16:9 Widescreen ; NTSC
Edition:
Special ed.
ISBN:
1559409991
Series Statement:
The Criterion collection : [DVD-Video] 352
Content:
Shocking, outrageous, and poetic, Jigoku (Hell, a.k.a. The Sinners of Hell) is the most innovative creation from Nobuo Nakagawa, the father of the Japanese horror film. After a young theology student flees a hit-and-run accident, he is plagued by both his own guilt-ridden conscience and a mysterious, diabolical doppelganger. But all possible escape routes lead straight to hell̶ literally. In the gloriously gory final third of the film, Nakagawa offers up his vision of the underworld in a tour de force of torture and degradation. A striking departure from traditional Japanese ghost stories, Jigoku, with its truly eye-popping (and -gouging) imagery, created aftershocks that are still reverberating in contemporary world horror cinema. (Covertext)
Note:
Ländercode: 1
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Special features: Theatrical trailer; Galleries of posters from selected Nakagawa and Shintoho Studios films
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New, restored high-definition digital transfer
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The booklet contains a new essay by noted Asian-cinema critic Chuck Stephens
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Building the inferno (documentary)
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Japan. mit optionalen engl. Untertiteln
Language:
Japanese
