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Teinosuke Kinugasa
DVD Review: ‘Gate of Hell’ Gets Extra-Free Criterion Release
Submitted by mattmovieman on April 29, 2013 - 7:28amCHICAGO – Beneath every honorable warrior is a cold-hearted opportunist hell-bent on dominating his victimized prey at all costs. That’s a theory indelibly illustrated by Teinosuke Kinugasa’s revered 1953 classic, “Gate of Hell,” a melodrama populated by such frustrating characters that it nearly loses the viewer’s interest before its admittedly splendid finale, when the tale takes on grand dimensions of Greek tragedy.
