The Oil-Hell Murder
The Oil-Hell Murder 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.
The story of murder, lust, custom, and violence centers around oil sellers in 18th century Osaka. It is based on the bunraku and kabuki play The Woman-Killer and the Hell of Oil 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