Japanese Hell (1999)
Original title: 地獄
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.
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Mutsumi FujitaAkikoHisayoshi HirayamaTsutomu Miyajima
Yōko SatomiMiyako Tazawa
Kenpachirō SatsumaAo oni (Blue Ogre)Kinako SatōRika (as Miki Satô)Ryûji TakasakiAka oni (Red Ogre)
Tetsuro TambaAsu ShinoChiho YoshidaSatomi
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What is Japanese Hell about?
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.
How long is Japanese Hell?
Japanese Hell has a runtime of 102 minutes.