Re: RARA-AVIS: Kurosawa and English subtitles

From: jean-pierre jacquet ( jacquet@optonline.net)
Date: 06 Jul 2004


Jikogumon is the original title. Won the Palme d'Or at the 1954 Cannes Film Festival. This is the imdb URL: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045935/ jpj

On Jul 6, 2004, at 21:01, Mario Taboada wrote:

> "The Gates of Hell (I don't think I ever knew what the
> Japanese title was, and
> now I can't find it on IMDB...)>>
>
> I think it's been translated as "Gate of Hell". It's by
> Kinugasa. One of the most beautiful color films ever made.
> Unfortunately, the version I have on VHS (I think it was
> put out by Kino) has such dreadful and sparse subtitling
> that it's hard to follow the plot. Has Criterion gotten to
> this one? It would be a prime candidate.
>
> Best,
>
> MrT
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