The Oil-Hell Murder

The Oil-Hell Murder (女殺油地獄) 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 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
 * Takurô Tatsumi
 * Sumie Sasaki

Production

 * Yoshinobu Nishioka - Art director