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<i>The Oil-Hell Murder</i>

The Oil-Hell Murder

1992 Japanese film

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]

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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[lower-alpha 1] by Chikamatsu Monzaemon. It was released by the Criterion Collection in summer 2013 on their Hulu channel.

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

References

  1. [1]
    "List of Japanese films nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film" (in Japanese). Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Retrieved 22 June 2008.
  2. [2]
    Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  3. [3]
    "Foreign Oscar entries submitted". Variety. Retrieved 20 September 2015.


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