What is "jigoku"

Jigoku may refer to:

• Hell Girl (Jigoku Shōjo), a Japanese manga and anime which ran from 2005-2006
• Gate of Hell (film), a 1953 Japanese film
• Jigoku, a 1960 Japanese horror film
• Diyu, the realm of the dead or "hell" in Chinese mythology
• Naraka, the hell of Buddhist belief
• The hot springs of Beppu, Ōita

, also titled The Sinners of Hell, is a 1960 Japanese horror film, directed by Nobuo Nakagawa and starring Utako Mitsuya and Shigeru Amachi. Jigoku was re-made in 1970 by Tatsumi Kumashiro, and later re-made again under the title of Japanese Hell by Teruo Ishii in 1999.

Jigoku is notable for separating itself from other Japanese horror films of the era such as Kwaidan or Onibaba due to its graphic imagery of torment in Hell.

Jigoku was released on DVD in North America from the Criterion Collection on September 19, 2006. It has gained a cult film status.