Film

The Oil Merchant's Wife

2009 · 1h 35m · Drama

IMDb

5.1

Starting with director Gosha Hideo's version in 1992, the puppet theater of Chikamatsu Monzaemon has been made into a film on countless occasions. The actor Sakagami Shinobu wrote and directed this version. This new interpretation focuses on a woman who played a minor role in the original version, and features a bold performance from former pin-up model Fujikawa Nozomi. Yohee (Yasuda Shingo), son and heir of the store Kawachiya, runs up huge debts due to his obsession with the prostitute Okiku (Fujikawa). Told by her husband Chizaemon, Okichi (Yamada Kinuwo) goes to condemn Yohee. On her way back home, Okiku laughs and mocks her, which Okichi finds sexually exciting.

Nozomi Fujikawa

Okiku

Kinuo Yamada

Okichi

Shingo Yasuda

Yohee

Yûrei Yanagi

Shōhei Hino

• Shinobu SakagamiDirector · Screenplay
• Yasushi SakagamiProducer
• Masanori KawashimaProducer
• Kei YasudaDirector of Photography
• Gaku NaritaEditor

The Oil Merchant's Wife (Woman Killer in Oil Hell) - OFFICIAL TRAILER - Japanese Movie (2009)

Release date

May 23, 2009

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 35m

Genres

Drama