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The Oil-Hell Murder

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1992 Japanese film

The Oil-Hell Murder
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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 byHideo Gosha. It was Japan's submission to the65th Academy Awards for theAcademy 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 thebunraku andkabuki playThe Woman-Killer and the Hell of Oil^[a] byChikamatsu Monzaemon. It was released by theCriterion Collection in summer 2013 on their Hulu channel.

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^The names of the works are the same in Japanese and only differ in English.

References

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^"List of Japanese films nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film" (in Japanese). Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Retrieved22 June 2008.
^Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
^"Foreign Oscar entries submitted".Variety. Retrieved20 September 2015.

External links

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Onna ya abura jigoku atIMDb

v t e Films directed byHideo Gosha
Three Outlaw Samurai (1964) Sword of the Beast (1965) Goyokin (1969) Hitokiri (1969) The Wolves (1971) Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron (1978) Hunter in the Dark (1979) Onimasa (1982) The Geisha (1983) Fireflies in the North (1984) Yakuza Wives (1986) The Oil-Hell Murder (1992)

v t e Japanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Rashomon (1951) Gate of Hell (1954) Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1955) The Burmese Harp (1956) Aruse (1957) The Ballad of Narayama (1958) Fires on the Plain (1959) Late Autumn (1960) Immortal Love (1961) Being Two Isn't Easy (1962) Twin Sisters of Kyoto (1963) Woman in the Dunes (1964) Kwaidan (1965) Lake of Tears (1966) Portrait of Chieko (1967) The Sands of Kurobe (1968) Profound Desires of the Gods (1969) The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan (1970) Dodes'ka-den (1971) Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (1972) Coup d'État (1973) The Fossil (1974) Sandakan No. 8 (1975) Mount Hakkoda (1977) Empire of Passion (1978) Gassan (1979) Kagemusha (1980) Muddy River (1981) Onimasa (1982) Antarctica (1983) MacArthur's Children (1984) Gray Sunset (1985) Final Take (1986) Zegen (1987) Hope and Pain (1988) Rikyu (1989) The Sting of Death (1990) Rhapsody in August (1991) The Oil-Hell Murder (1992) Madadayo (1993) Pom Poko (1994) Deep River (1995) Gakko II (1996) Princess Mononoke (1997) Begging for Love (1998) Poppoya (1999) After the Rain (2000) Go (2001) Out (2002) The Twilight Samurai (2003) Nobody Knows (2004) Blood and Bones (2005) Hula Girls (2006) I Just Didn't Do It (2007) Departures (2008) Nobody to Watch Over Me (2009) Confessions (2010) Postcard (2011) Our Homeland (2012) The Great Passage (2013) The Light Shines Only There (2014) 100 Yen Love (2015) Nagasaki: Memories of My Son (2016) Her Love Boils Bathwater (2017) Shoplifters (2018) Weathering with You (2019) True Mothers (2020) Drive My Car (2021) Plan 75 (2022) Perfect Days (2023) Cloud (2024) Kokuho (2025)

Japanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film