The Oil-Hell Murder

The Oil-Hell Murder
Film poster
Directed by	Hideo Gosha
Written by	Hideo Gosha
Starring	Kanako Higuchi
Release date	23 May 1992 (1992-05-23)
Running time	115 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

The Oil-Hell Murder (女殺油地獄, Onna goroshi abura no jigoku) is a 1992 Japanese film directed by Hideo Gosha. It was Japan's submission to the 65th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.^[1][2][3]

The story of murder, lust, custom, and violence centers around oil sellers in 18th century Osaka. It is based on a bunraku and kabuki play The Woman-Killer and the Hell of Oil^[a] by Chikamatsu Monzaemon. It was released by the Criterion Collection in summer 2013 on their Hulu channel.

Cast

• Kanako Higuchi as Okichi
• Miwako Fujitani
• Shin'ichi Tsutsumi
• Hiroyuki Nagato
• Renji Ishibashi
• Takurô Tatsumi
• Sumie Sasaki

Production

• Yoshinobu Nishioka - Art director

See also

• Cinema of Japan
• List of submissions to the 65th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Japanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Notes

1. The two are actually called the same in Japanese and only in English they have different names.

References

1. "List of Japanese films nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film" (in Japanese). Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Retrieved 22 June 2008.
2. Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
3. "Foreign Oscar entries submitted". Variety. Retrieved 20 September 2015.

External links

• Onna ya abura jigoku at IMDb