{"id":98,"date":"2006-03-29T11:33:49","date_gmt":"2006-03-29T18:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=98"},"modified":"2021-01-08T01:33:45","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T08:33:45","slug":"gate-of-hell-1954","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=98","title":{"rendered":"Gate of Hell (1954)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;This is the house of my family. Here you will be safe.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Gate-of-Hell-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Gate-of-Hell-Poster-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-46920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Gate-of-Hell-Poster-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Gate-of-Hell-Poster-90x128.jpg 90w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Gate-of-Hell-Poster.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAfter remaining loyal to his emperor during an unsuccessful uprising, Samurai Moritoh (Kazuo Hasegawa) is offered his choice of rewards. He asks for the beautiful but already-married Lady Kesa (Machiko Kyo), and will stop at nothing to win her love.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong> <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Japanese Films<\/li>\n<li>Obsessive Love<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary notes, this &#8220;simple story&#8221; of obsession and loyalty in 12th century Japan would probably &#8220;work better as a play&#8221;, but the &#8220;acting and characters are so interesting and the color photography is so gorgeous&#8230; that one can have no complaints.&#8221; You&#8217;ll be frustrated by Moritoh&#8217;s stubborn obsession (he &#8220;doesn&#8217;t understand the workings of [his wife&#8217;s] heart&#8221;), impressed by Lady Kesa&#8217;s fierce dedication to her kind husband, and curious to see how the story resolves. <em>Gate of Hell<\/em> holds a unique claim-to-fame as the first Best Foreign Film Oscar winner.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Beautiful cinematography and sets<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Gate-of-Hell-Still3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Gate-of-Hell-Still3-1024x670.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"419\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-46922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Gate-of-Hell-Still3-1024x670.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Gate-of-Hell-Still3-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Gate-of-Hell-Still3-128x84.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Gate-of-Hell-Still3-768x502.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Gate-of-Hell-Still3-1536x1005.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Gate-of-Hell-Still3.png 1585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Interesting characters who make unusual choices<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Gate-of-Hell-Still.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Gate-of-Hell-Still-1024x652.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"408\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-46921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Gate-of-Hell-Still-1024x652.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Gate-of-Hell-Still-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Gate-of-Hell-Still-128x82.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Gate-of-Hell-Still-768x489.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Gate-of-Hell-Still-1536x978.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Gate-of-Hell-Still.png 1641w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes. It holds a special place in movie history, and should be seen by all film fanatics.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Foreign Gem<\/li>\n<li>Oscar Winner or Nominee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0045935\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteye.com\/reviews\/gatehell.shtml\">Midnight Eye Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;This is the house of my family. Here you will be safe.&#8221; Synopsis: After remaining loyal to his emperor during an unsuccessful uprising, Samurai Moritoh (Kazuo Hasegawa) is offered his choice of rewards. He asks for the beautiful but already-married Lady Kesa (Machiko Kyo), and will stop at nothing to win her love. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Japanese Films Obsessive Love Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: As Peary notes, this &#8220;simple story&#8221; of obsession and loyalty in 12th century Japan&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=98\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=98"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62233,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98\/revisions\/62233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=98"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=98"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=98"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}