The Oil-Hell Murder

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 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 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

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
• Yoshinobu Nishioka

Notes

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