The Oil-Hell Murder

May 23, 1992

1h 55m

★ 6.0

In a neighborhood dedicated to the production and sale of oil, appears the mutilated body of a woman ...

Overview

The indolent son of an oil vendor becomes a regular customer of a prostitute, racks up a mountain of debt, and is disowned by his parents.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Shochiku

Fuji Television Network

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Cast

Okichi

Kanako Higuchi

Miwako Fujitani

Shinichi Tsutsumi

Hiroyuki Nagato

Renji Ishibashi

Takuro Tatsumi

Sumie Sasaki

Tsuyoshi Ujiki

Ittoku Kishibe

Hisashi Igawa

Yasushi Higuchi

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