Onimasa Explained

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

• 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

• Yoshinobu Nishioka - Art director^[3]

Release

Onimasa was distributed in the United States in October 1985 with English-subtitles.^[4]

Awards and nominations

25th Blue Ribbon Awards^[5]

• Won: Best Actress - Masako Natsume

See also

• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: デジタル大辞泉プラス「鬼龍院花子の生涯」の解説. kotobank. September 25, 2021.
2. Web site: List of Japanese films nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Japanese. Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. 2008-06-22.
3. Web site: 鬼龍院花子の生涯. Moviewalker. 26 November 2021.
4. Book: International Motion Picture Almanac for 1989. Klain. Jane. 60. Quigley Publishing Company, Inc.. 1989. 0-900610-40-9. 445.
5. Web site: http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/b_award/1982/. ja:ブルーリボン賞ヒストリー. 2010-01-20. Japanese. Cinema Hochi. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20081023025732/http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/b_award/1982/. 2008-10-23.