Onimasa
| Onimasa | |||||
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| Kanji | 鬼龍院花子の生涯 | ||||
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| Directed by | Hideo Gosha | ||||
| Starring | Tatsuya Nakadai Masako Natsume Akiko Nakamura Akiko Kana Mari Natsuki Kei Yamamoto Isao Natsuyagi Tetsurō Tamba Shima Iwashita | ||||
| Distributed by | Toei | ||||
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Running time | 146 minutes | ||||
| Country | Japan | ||||
| Language | Japanese | ||||
Onimasa (鬼龍院花子の生涯, Kiryūin hanako no shōgai) is a 1982 Japanese film directed by Hideo Gosha. Based on the novel of Tomiko Miyao.[1] It was Japan's submission to the 55th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.[2]
Cast
[edit]- Tatsuya Nakadai as Masagoro Kiryuin - Onimasa
- Masako Natsume as Matsue Kiryuin
- Shima Iwashita as Uta Kiryuin
- Tetsurō Tamba as Uichi Suda, The Big Boss
- Tatsuo Umemiya as Masaru Yamane
- Kaori Tagasugi as Hanako Kiryuin
- Akiko Kana as Tsuru
- Kōji Yakusho as Kondō
- Emi Shindō as Emiwaka, 2nd Mistress
- Akiko Nakamura as Botan, 3rd Mistress
- Mari Natsuki as Akio, Opponent's Mistress
- Seizō Fukumoto
- Masahiko Tanimura as Shirai Zenhichi
- Torahiko Hamada as DR.Katō
- Naoya Makoto as Gondō
- Ryōhei Uchida as Suenaga
- Mikio Narita as Tsujihara
- Eitaro Ozawa as Genichiro Tanabe
Production
[edit]Originally, the actress and singer Meiko Kaji wished to make a film adaptation of the novel, so she discussed the idea with the producer Goro Kusakabe and the intention of play the main role. Unluckily the president Shigeru Okada rejected the project because he didn't believe Toei, an all-time action genre company, should change so drastically its style even in a time of crisis.
But some time after he took the project, decided to call the director Hideo Gosha, who was living a very bad time in that moment, to be in charge, and the role that Kaji supposed to play was given to the young actress and model Masako Natsume.
Release
[edit]Onimasa was distributed in the United States in October 1985 with English-subtitles.[3]
Awards and nominations
[edit]- Won: Best Actress - Masako Natsume
See also
[edit]- Cinema of Japan
- List of submissions to the 55th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Japanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
[edit]- ^ "デジタル大辞泉プラス「鬼龍院花子の生涯」の解説". kotobank. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
- ^ "List of Japanese films nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film" (in Japanese). Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
- ^ Klain, Jane, ed. (1989). International Motion Picture Almanac for 1989 (60 ed.). Quigley Publishing Company, Inc. p. 445. ISBN 0-900610-40-9.
- ^ ブルーリボン賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on 2008-10-23. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
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