Onimasa

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

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

References

1. "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.
2. "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.
3. "鬼龍院花子の生涯". Moviewalker. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
4. Klain, Jane, ed. (1989). International Motion Picture Almanac for 1989 (60 ed.). Quigley Publishing Company, Inc. p. 445. ISBN 0-900610-40-9.
5. 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.

External links

• Kiryūin hanako no shōgai at IMDb