Onimasa

1982 Japanese film

Onimasa

Japanese name

Kanji

鬼龍院花子の生涯

Transcriptions
Revised Hepburn	Kiryūin hanako no shōgai

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

Release date

1982 (1982)

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

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

References

^ "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.
^ "鬼龍院花子の生涯". Moviewalker. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
^ 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.