The Oil-Hell Murder
# 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.

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
