Also known as
Tengoku to jigoku
Lists
- ranked 31 in Paul Schrader's Film Canon
- ranked 51 in Edward Copeland's Satyajit Ray Memorial Anything-But-Definitive List of Non-English Language Films
- ranked 266 in They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1000 Greatest Films (August 2005)
- ranked 280 in They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1000 Greatest Films (March 2006)
- ranked 301 in They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1000 Greatest Films (December 2006)
- ranked 340 in Empire 500 Greatest Movies (2008)
- one of Mainichi Film Concours Best Film Winners
- one of The New York Times Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made