It is the story of Jigoku (Hell, also known as The Sinners of Hell) who is the father of long-running Japanese horror film. In this film, there will be stories of a group of sinners involved in interlinked tales of murder, revenge and deception who are in conflict with reality and hell in their lives.
the film's bleak portrayal of sin and (maybe) redemption is easily adapted to any time, even if Nakagawa's particular version is unimaginable in any decade but the Sixties.
Shot mostly on bare studio sets with a lighting style even more theatrical than the acting, it feels like a weird piece of fringe theatre in three acts.
