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Portrait of Hell
地獄変
The story, set in the Heian era, depicts the conflict between Korean painter Yoshihide (Nakadai) and his Japanese patron, the cruel and egotistical daimyo Horikawa (Nakamura). It is based on the 1918 short story Hell Screen by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa.
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794 → 1185
Primary placement confidence: high. Importance on the World History timeline: 4/5.
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