Japanese Hell (1999)
From the king of the Japanese cult movie, Teruo Ishii! A controversial film in which actual cases that rocked modern-day Japan—including the sarin gas attack by the Aum Shinrikyo Cult—are dramatized with gruesome detail as their perpetrators stand trial in Hell. An angst-ridden girl, Rika, is carried off to Hell by an old woman she meets in a neighborhood park. There she gets a first-hand look at the excruciating agony of those found guilty—by Lucifer himself—of committing heinous crimes during their time on Earth.
Director:
Teruo Ishii
Writer:
Teruo Ishii
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Mutsumi Fujita as Akiko |
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Hisayoshi Hirayama as Tsutomu Miyajima |
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Yōko Satomi as Miyako Tazawa |
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Kenpachirō Satsuma as Ao oni (Blue Ogre) |
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Kinako Satō as Rika (as Miki Satô) |
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Ryûji Takasaki as Aka oni (Red Ogre) |
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Tetsuro Tamba as Asu Shino |
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Chiho Yoshida as Satomi |
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Michiko Maeda as |
| Directing | Teruo Ishii | Director |
| Camera | Tomoki Yanagida | Director of Photography |
| Production | Teruo Ishii | Producer |
| Writing | Teruo Ishii | Screenplay |
| Sound | Jiro Takemura | Music |
| Editing | Kazuo Inoue | Editor |
| Directing | Kentaro Muramatsu | Assistant Director |
| Art | Tomoo Haraguchi | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rikiya Sô | Makeup Artist |
| Lighting | Motohiro Noguchi | Lighting Director |