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The Oil-Hell Murder
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Wikipedia article
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.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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 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
* Takur 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
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