The Inferno

The Inferno

1979 · 131 min · ★ 6.9 · Horror

Hell manifests itself through the sins, shame and desires of an upper class rural family and a mother's grief from beyond the grave.

Directed by Tatsumi Kumashiro · Written by Yōzō Tanaka

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